Borders, Globalization and Eucharistic Hospitality |
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| Authors: | By Clá udio Carvalhaes |
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| Affiliation: | Theologian, liturgist, artist and activist, Cláudio Carvalhaes is from São Paulo Brazil. A pastor of the Presbyterian church, in the United States, he received his PhD at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and now teaches at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract : This article relates the sacrament of the Eucharist to world migration and hospitality. To weave these themes is to find borders all around the Eucharistic table/altar, borders often unnoticed but borders that define economic, social, cultural, sexual and class divides. Using the notion of borderless borders and engaging Jacques Derrida's notion of hospitality, the author tries to expand the possibilities of the Christian demand to welcome people in and around and through the eucharistic sacrament as people gather with one another to be with one another and issue this constant call of welcome to whomever wants to come and eat. |
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| Keywords: | Eucharist sacrament world migration hospitality borderless borders |
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