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“The Tradition of the Elders” in Mark 7:1–13 and the Theological Implications of the Practice of Alekwu Traditions on Otukpa Christians.
Chidinma Precious Ukeachusim, Matthew Peter Odoh1Department of Religion and Cultural Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
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There has long been debate over how a theology rooted in the African context can engage the interreligious influences of both traditional religions and the Christian faith without undermining Christian doctrine or lapsing into syncretism. This is a ...

July 31, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261467412 open full text
The Waiting Trinity of Holy Saturday: A Hermeneutical-Artistic Proposal.
Brach S. Jennings1Office Assistant and Theologian in Residence, 374426Grace Lutheran Church, Lincoln, CA, USA.
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Holy Saturday is the liturgical “day between days” where the church remembers Jesus Christ's passion and anticipates his glorious resurrection from the dead in hopeful waiting. This underexamined day in Protestant theological imagination is a day of ...

July 30, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261467411 open full text
Prophetic Preaching for Social Change and Public Witness: A Conceptual Framework.
Jimmy Arthur Atkins1Research Fellow, Kerygma Initiative, 8729Palmer Theological Seminary, St. Davids, PA, USA.
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Prophetic preaching has long served as a primary vehicle for naming injustice and calling the church to account. Yet despite its rhetorical power, prophetic preaching produces durable social change only when it is embedded within communities that are ...

July 30, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261467414 open full text
Cruciform Evangelism to Elites: Toward a Theology of Evangelizing Power Without Power Dependence.
Sung Hyuk Nam1Department of Missiology, 65775Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Contemporary discussions of evangelism to elites frequently unfold within tensions surrounding public power, institutional legitimacy, and the historical entanglement of Christianity with systems of domination. In response, Christian approaches to ...

July 30, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261467416 open full text
Heup Young Kim's Trajectory towards Theodao and His Approach to the Trinity.
Chung-Hyun Baik1Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary, Seoul, Korea.
Theology Today. July 16, 2026

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From the outset, Heup Young Kim showed a strong interest in developing a Korean contextual theology grounded in Korean cultural identity. Kim completed his doctoral thesis on a comparative analysis of Karl Barth and Yang-ming Wang. Since then, Kim has ...

July 16, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261467409 open full text
Book Review: Political Theology and the Conflicts of Democracy by Nicholas Norman-Krause.
Nicholas Hayes-Mota7162Santa Clara University, CA, USA.
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July 16, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261462115 open full text
Book Review: Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics by Toni Alimi.
Matthew Elia7547Saint Louis University, MO, USA.
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July 16, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261462125 open full text
Digital Resurrection: AI and the Ethical Reimagining of Ancestral Voices and Images in Light of Ecclesiastes 9:5.
Theodore Uchechukwu Dickson, Innocentia Nkeiruka Charles1Department of Religious Studies, 122637Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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The article investigates the theological and ethical implications of digital resurrection technologies with specific reference to Ecclesiastes 9:5, which affirms that “the dead know nothing.” Emerging artificial intelligence (AI) systems can now simulate ...

July 16, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261467415 open full text
Book Review: Acts: Interpretation Bible Commentary by Skinner, Matthew L.
Abraham Smith2765Southern Methodist University, TX, USA.
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June 29, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261462105 open full text
Book Review: Wittgenstein for Theologians: Beyond Certainty by Kallenberg, Brad J.
Sami Pihlström101229University of Helsinki, Finland.
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June 29, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261462119 open full text
Book Review: Sacrifice Lost: The Dark Legacy of the Cross by Ashley Theuring.
Alex WendelCounseling, 5778New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA, USA.
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June 29, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261462538 open full text
The Basic Unit of Christianity.
Gordon S. Mikoski1Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, USA.
Theology Today. May 07, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 2, Page 87-88, July 2026.

May 07, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261449293 open full text
“In the Likeness of Gabriel”: Liturgical Christology of the Annunciation in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo Church.
Alebachew Haileyesus1Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo Seminary, Sankt Ignatios Theological College, Stockholm, Sweden.
Theology Today. April 30, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 2, Page 152-161, July 2026.
This article examines the theology of the Annunciation within the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo Church (EOTC), arguing that the tradition presents a distinctive yet patristically grounded understanding of Christ as the true herald of His own Incarnation. ...

April 30, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261440565 open full text
Rediscovering the “Ignored” God: The Relevance of John B. Cobb, Jr.' Theology for Contemporary Church Discourse.
Junifrius Gultom, David Ming.
Theology Today. April 30, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 2, Page 138-151, July 2026.
John B. Cobb, Jr. critically questioned the tendency of the church to claim closeness to Christ while remaining closed to His presence in the world. As a pioneering voice in process theology, Cobb' thought invites the church to become more open—engaging ...

April 30, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261440562 open full text
Navigating Digital Activism and Faith-Based Support: Social Media and the Assistance of North Korean Trafficked Women.
I Sil Yoon11661Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Theology Today. April 28, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 2, Page 162-183, July 2026.
This article examines the ethical ambivalence of digital activism in faith-based advocacy for trafficked North Korean women. While social media has become a powerful tool for raising awareness, mobilizing transnational solidarity, and bearing witness to ...

April 28, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261440567 open full text
Reformed Callings, Part II.
Hanna Reichel16730Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Theology Today. April 27, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 2, Page 89-104, July 2026.
What's in a name? In this second part of their essay on Reformed Calling, Hanna Reichel draws on queer theory and Reformed theology to think about what it means to be “called a Christian” beyond identity and essence, but also without giving up the claim ...

April 27, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261440569 open full text
Reformed Callings, Part II.
Hanna Reichel16730Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Theology Today. April 27, 2026

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What's in a name? In this second part of their essay on Reformed Calling, Hanna Reichel draws on queer theory and Reformed theology to think about what it means to be “called a Christian” beyond identity and essence, but also without giving up the claim ...

April 27, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261440569 open full text
Redirected by the Spirit: A Biblical Theology of Mission from Acts 16:6–10.
Melvin L. Otey1Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, 5580Faulkner University, Montgomery, USA.
Theology Today. April 22, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 2, Page 184-193, July 2026.
This article offers a narrative-theological reading of Acts 16:6–10, arguing that Luke integrates negative and positive guidance—spiritual prohibitions (16:6–7) and a nocturnal vision (16:9)—with communal discernment (16:10) to redirect Paul's second ...

April 22, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261440563 open full text
Ethnosexual Otherness and National Building: A Postcolonial Rereading of John 4:1–42 in the Korean Context.
Sung Uk Lim1College of Theology & United Graduate School of Theology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea92197.
Theology Today. April 20, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 2, Page 119-137, July 2026.
This study offers a postcolonial, intersectional rereading of John 4:1–42 that juxtaposes the Johannine encounter of the Samaritan woman with the historical legacy of Korean “comfort women” to illuminate the ethnosexual dynamics of colonial and ...

April 20, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261440566 open full text
Ethnosexual Otherness and National Building: A Postcolonial Rereading of John 4:1–42 in the Korean Context.
Sung Uk Lim1College of Theology & United Graduate School of Theology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea92197.
Theology Today. April 20, 2026

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This study offers a postcolonial, intersectional rereading of John 4:1–42 that juxtaposes the Johannine encounter of the Samaritan woman with the historical legacy of Korean “comfort women” to illuminate the ethnosexual dynamics of colonial and ...

April 20, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261440566 open full text
Through a Screen Darkly: 1 Corinthians 13:12 and the Illusion of Digital Transparency.
Milan Kostrešević1234902Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle /Saale, Germany.
Theology Today. April 17, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 2, Page 105-118, July 2026.
This article develops a philosophical–exegetical reading of 1 Cor 13:12 as a theological critique of digital modernity's epistemic ideals of transparency, immediacy, and self-grounding knowledge. Through close analysis of Paul's metaphors of mirror, ...

April 17, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261440568 open full text
Book Review: Touched by this Place: Theology, Community and the Power of Place by Benjamín Valentín.
Nancy Elizabeth Bedford32372Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL.
Theology Today. April 07, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 73-74, April 2026.

April 07, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736251398802 open full text
Book Review: Heresy in the Middle Ages: A History of Authority and Exclusion by Andrea Janelle Dickens.
Amelia Kennedy6730Princeton Theological Seminary.
Theology Today. April 07, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 76-77, April 2026.

April 07, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736251398791 open full text
Book Review: Heresy in the Middle Ages: A History of Authority and Exclusion by Andrea Janelle Dickens.
Amelia Kennedy6730Princeton Theological Seminary.
Theology Today. April 07, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 76-77, April 2026.

April 07, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736251398791 open full text
Book Review: Touched by this Place: Theology, Community and the Power of Place by Benjamín Valentín.
Nancy Elizabeth Bedford32372Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL.
Theology Today. April 07, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 73-74, April 2026.

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Book Review: Christian Zionism in the Twenty-First Century: American Evangelical Public Opinion on Israel by Motti Inbari and Kirill Bumin, foreword by Yaakov Ariel.
Elizabeth Phillips406781Woolf Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Theology Today. April 07, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 71-72, April 2026.

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Book Review: Christian Zionism in the Twenty-First Century: American Evangelical Public Opinion on Israel by Motti Inbari and Kirill Bumin, foreword by Yaakov Ariel.
Elizabeth Phillips406781Woolf Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Theology Today. April 07, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 71-72, April 2026.

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Book Review: John of History, Baptist of Faith: The Quest for the Historical Baptizer by James F McGrath.
Ian C Werrett445710Saint Martin’s University, Lacey, Washington.
Theology Today. April 07, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 74-76, April 2026.

April 07, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736251398816 open full text
Book Review: John of History, Baptist of Faith: The Quest for the Historical Baptizer by James F McGrath.
Ian C Werrett445710Saint Martin’s University, Lacey, Washington.
Theology Today. April 07, 2026

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Book Review: Ecospirituality: An Introduction by Rachel Wheeler.
Teresa Messias59207Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa.
Theology Today. April 07, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 77-79, April 2026.

April 07, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736251398789 open full text
Book Review: Ecospirituality: An Introduction by Rachel Wheeler.
Teresa Messias59207Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa.
Theology Today. April 07, 2026

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The Last Human Job: Embracing the Friction of Human Connection as the Heart of Ministry.
Kenda Creasy Dean1492128Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Theology Today. March 24, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 61-70, April 2026.
Avoiding friction has become a culture-wide phenomenon in North America, where personal comfort is of paramount importance. Risk avoidance, social avoidance, and the avoidance of difference are all on the rise among young adults. Yet eliminating risk, ...

March 24, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261422399 open full text
The Last Human Job: Embracing the Friction of Human Connection as the Heart of Ministry.
Kenda Creasy Dean1492128Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Theology Today. March 24, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 61-70, April 2026.
Avoiding friction has become a culture-wide phenomenon in North America, where personal comfort is of paramount importance. Risk avoidance, social avoidance, and the avoidance of difference are all on the rise among young adults. Yet eliminating risk, ...

March 24, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261422399 open full text
Book Review: When the Spirit is your Inheritance: Reflections on Borderlands Pentecostalism by Jonathan Calvillo.
Klaas Bom118034Protestant Theological University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Theology Today. March 23, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 2, Page 194-195, July 2026.

March 23, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261429939 open full text
Book Review: 1 Corinthians: A Theological, Pastoral, and Missional Commentary by Michael J Gorman.
Amy Lauren Peeler8560Wheaton College, Wheaton, USA.
Theology Today. March 23, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 2, Page 202-203, July 2026.

March 23, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261429934 open full text
Response to Helen Evans, “Finding the First Council of Nicaea and the Nicene Creed in Art”.
Celia Chazelle13280The College of New Jersey, Ewing Township, Ewing Township, NJ, USA.
Theology Today. March 16, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 40-45, April 2026.
This response focuses on a selection of late Roman and early medieval images from the Latin Christian West, of themes corresponding to those discussed by Dr. Evans.

March 16, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261422398 open full text
Response to Helen Evans, “Finding the First Council of Nicaea and the Nicene Creed in Art”.
Celia Chazelle13280The College of New Jersey, Ewing Township, Ewing Township, NJ, USA.
Theology Today. March 16, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 40-45, April 2026.
This response focuses on a selection of late Roman and early medieval images from the Latin Christian West, of themes corresponding to those discussed by Dr. Evans.

March 16, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261422398 open full text
Book Review: Womanist Midrash, Volume 2: A Reintroduction to the Women of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings by Wilda C. Gafney.
Valerie Bridgeman2852Methodist Theological School, Delaware, OH, USA.
Theology Today. March 12, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 2, Page 195-197, July 2026.

March 12, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261429972 open full text
Book Review: Paul through the Eyes of the Reformers: Living under Grace by Stephen J Chester.
Michael Allen4113Reformed Theological Seminary.
Theology Today. March 12, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 2, Page 203-204, July 2026.

March 12, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261429980 open full text
Response to Bryan Spinks “The Nicene Creed in Worship: How It Got There and Why It Should Stay”.
Kathleen E. McVey1Professor of History and Ecumenics Emerita, 6730Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Theology Today. March 12, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 21-25, April 2026.
Beginning with an appreciative reiteration of the main points of the paper by Bryan Spinks, both his historical survey of the introduction of the Nicene Creed into the eucharistic liturgy and his reasons for maintaining it, this response focuses on his ...

March 12, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261422396 open full text
Response to Bryan Spinks “The Nicene Creed in Worship: How It Got There and Why It Should Stay”.
Kathleen E. McVey1Professor of History and Ecumenics Emerita, 6730Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Theology Today. March 12, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 21-25, April 2026.
Beginning with an appreciative reiteration of the main points of the paper by Bryan Spinks, both his historical survey of the introduction of the Nicene Creed into the eucharistic liturgy and his reasons for maintaining it, this response focuses on his ...

March 12, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261422396 open full text
Finding the First Council of Nicaea and the Nicene Creed in Art.
Helen C. Evans1Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator Emeritus, 5917Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA.
Theology Today. March 12, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 26-39, April 2026.
This article is based on my keynote address for Princeton Theological Seminary’s celebration of1700 Years of Nicene Faithheld on November 6, 2025. It seeks to explore how and when images of the First Ecumenical Council (held at Nicaea, Iznik, Türkiye), ...

March 12, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261422397 open full text
Finding the First Council of Nicaea and the Nicene Creed in Art.
Helen C. Evans1Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator Emeritus, 5917Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA.
Theology Today. March 12, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 26-39, April 2026.
This article is based on my keynote address for Princeton Theological Seminary’s celebration of1700 Years of Nicene Faithheld on November 6, 2025. It seeks to explore how and when images of the First Ecumenical Council (held at Nicaea, Iznik, Türkiye), ...

March 12, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261422397 open full text
The Nicene Creed in Worship: How It Got There and Why It Should Stay.
Bryan Spinks15755Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Theology Today. March 12, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 8-20, April 2026.
This article presents the keynote address from the conference on Nicaea at Princeton Theological Seminary held on November 6, 2025.

March 12, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261422405 open full text
The Nicene Creed in Worship: How It Got There and Why It Should Stay.
Bryan Spinks15755Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Theology Today. March 12, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 8-20, April 2026.
This article presents the keynote address from the conference on Nicaea at Princeton Theological Seminary held on November 6, 2025.

March 12, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261422405 open full text
Book Review: God’s Adversary: A Brief Theology of the Devil by Philip G Ziegler.
Nathaniel Gray Sutanto95206Reformed Theological Seminary - Washington Campus, Vienna, USA.
Theology Today. March 12, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 2, Page 199-201, July 2026.

March 12, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261429955 open full text
Book Review: Grace and Social Ethics: Gift as the Foundation of Our Life Together by Angela Carpenter.
Ryan Darr93547Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT, USA.
Theology Today. March 09, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 2, Page 197-199, July 2026.

March 09, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261429927 open full text
Celebrating 1700 Years of the Nicene Creed in Prayer and Art.
Mary K. Farag1Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, USA.
Theology Today. March 06, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 5-7, April 2026.

March 06, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261423936 open full text
Celebrating 1700 Years of the Nicene Creed in Prayer and Art.
Mary K. Farag1Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, USA.
Theology Today. March 06, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 5-7, April 2026.

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Reformed Callings.
Hanna Reichel1Theology, 6730Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
Theology Today. February 24, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 46-60, April 2026.
What's in a name? In this first part of their Inaugural Address, Hanna Reichel reflects on the power of naming in constituting relation and identity, bestowing honor and obligation, binding and empowering. This prepares the ground to probe, what does it ...

February 24, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261422400 open full text
Reformed Callings.
Hanna Reichel1Theology, 6730Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
Theology Today. February 24, 2026

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 46-60, April 2026.
What's in a name? In this first part of their Inaugural Address, Hanna Reichel reflects on the power of naming in constituting relation and identity, bestowing honor and obligation, binding and empowering. This prepares the ground to probe, what does it ...

February 24, 2026 doi: 10.1177/00405736261422400 open full text
Book Review: American Christian Nationalism: Neither American nor Christian by Michael W. Austin.
Seth Dowland7816Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA.
Theology Today. December 02, 2025

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 79-80, April 2026.

December 02, 2025 doi: 10.1177/00405736251398809 open full text
Book Review: American Christian Nationalism: Neither American nor Christian by Michael W. Austin.
Seth Dowland7816Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA.
Theology Today. December 02, 2025

Theology Today, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 79-80, April 2026.

December 02, 2025 doi: 10.1177/00405736251398809 open full text
The Responsibility of the Church to the State in an Era of Mass Migration: The Leadership of Pastor Marc Boegner in Occupied France.
Annette G. BrownleeWycliffe College at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Theology Today. August 11, 2025

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Our current era of cross-border mass migrations raises complex questions about the protections that citizenship, naturalization, refugee status and asylum seeking do and do not afford. Policies for dealing with genuine immigration challenges can become ...

August 11, 2025 doi: 10.1177/00405736251362663 open full text