Migrant God
A Christian Vision for Immigrant Justice
- Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Published: 2025
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Publisher's Description
Migrant God takes readers to the front lines of immigrant justice activism where Christians are putting hope into action. From Tijuana, Mexico, to Douglas, Arizona, across North Carolina and beyond, Isaac Villegas cuts a new path through worn-out talking points and bears witness to loving solidarity among Christians—both with and without US citizenship. Along the way, he offers a theologically astute and politically rich vision of beloved community. Centering the stories of people who have been transformed through their dedication to the work of collective wholeness, Villegas begins each chapter “on the ground”—with protests in the streets, hospitality in migrant shelters, and shared meals in home kitchens. He then engages in biblical, theological, and political reflection to explore the significance—for our faith and our world—of these sites of collective work. Migrant God is a stirring read for anyone who wants to shift conversations about immigration toward a more holistic Christian vision of life lived in solidarity with migrants.
Endorsements (4)
“With eloquence and grace, Isaac Villegas captures the complexity, heartbreak, and resilience found in the US/Mexico borderlands. Embodied in these stories of spiritual communion—from Tijuana to Durham, NC—is a profound treatise on hope, struggle, and the power of solidarity across borders.”
“The Christian story remembers the plight of migrant people who believe and hope in a migrant God. Isaac Villegas offers us testimonies to inspire our politics, and argues that our action must begin with worship and prayer. This is a book for our times.”
“With this book, Isaac Villegas has taught me how to think theologically about migration, and how to think alongside migration about God. In so doing, he has transformed my understanding of Christian spirituality and of the practices that constitute Christian life.”
“Isaac Villegas’s Migrant God isn’t just a book full of powerful, often overwhelming, stories. It is certainly that. But it is also a book that serves as a powerful, often overwhelming, political ‘vision of belonging’—reminding us that amidst the darkness of what nations do daily to God’s migrant people, a light overwhelms the darkness, and the darkness has neither overcome nor comprehended it.”
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