SU S1 2025 - THE SPIRITUALITY OF MIGRATION

553/453 or THL 574

The Spirituality of Migration

Audit (Easy Listening, Non-Credit)

June 9-13, 9 AM - 11 AM CT

Matthew Bagot, Ph.D.

Course Description: This course explores the ethical issues arising from the migration of peoples. We will read David Hollenbach’s book, Humanity in Crisis given its focus on the dignity of the human person, the rights of refugees and other themes of Catholic Social Teaching.

Matthew Bagot is an associate professor of social ethics in the Department of Theology at Spring Hill College, where he has taught for seventeen years. He received his PhD in theological ethics from Boston College. In recent years, he has both published and presented academic papers on state sovereignty and global governance, Luigi Sturzo, and comparative Catholic and Islamic ethics. He recently published an article on Catholic and Islamic contributions to democracy, and, last summer, presented a paper in Sweden on the confluence between Catholic Social Teaching and Reformist Islam on human rights.