“Challenges and inspires readers to see migrants not as strangers, but as neighbors — and even as reflections of God himself.”
—The Christian Chronicle
“Villegas tells the story, in emotionally compelling detail, of immigrants’ current treatment in the US, where the administration has embarked on a draconian policy of harassment, punishment, and deportation of residents suspected of illegal status. And he describes the efforts of members of every very faith community to respond.”
—Church Times
"Villegas envisions the church as a community shaped by radical hospitality and liturgical resistance, embodying a witness that is both countercultural and deeply pastoral. The result is public theology at its most vital, prophetic in its critique, pastoral in its care, and profoundly hopeful in its eschatological vision.”
—Missiology
“Villegas’ uncompromising integrity speaks to those with a heart for immigrants who seek deeper theological grounding, and Migrant God will be most useful to church leaders eager to inspire their faith communities to act.”
—The Presbyterian Outlook
“[Migrant God: A Christian Vision for Immigrant Justice] incorporates theology, history, activism, and most of all, solidarity with immigrants in vulnerable situations. This is a book about faith, a faith that has hands and feet — not just hashtags. . . . Villegas’ vision of mutual liberation and transforming love is inspiring. Toward the end of the book, he writes, ‘...we assemble as people of God’s Spirit whose power liberates us for a life of love — to pledge ourselves to the well-being of our neighbors, near and far, to give ourselves to a freedom that is bound up with theirs.’ May many more pledge this allegiance.”
—Sojourners
“Migrant God offers readers clear eyes and scriptural vision about God’s care for migrants, putting before us the stories and faces too often lost in our debates, mistreated by our laws, and diminished in our politics.”
—Christianity Today
“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.”
—Felipe Hinojosa, John and Nancy Jackson Endowed Chair in Latin America and Professor of History, Baylor University; author of Apostles of Change: Latino Radical Politics, Church Occupations, and the Fight to Save the Barrio
“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.”
—María Clara Bingemer, professor of theology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; author of Latin American Theology: Roots and Branches
“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.”
—Lauren Winner, associate professor of Christian spirituality, Duke Divinity School; author of The Dangers of Christian Practice: On Wayward Gifts, Characteristic Damage, and Sin
“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.”
—Jonathan Tran, associate dean for faculty and associate professor of theology in Great Texts, Baylor University; author of Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism
