On the Temptations of Sovereignty: The Task of Catholic Social Teaching and the Challenge of UK Asylum Seeking

TY - JOUR

T1 - On the Temptations of Sovereignty: The Task of Catholic Social Teaching and the Challenge of UK Asylum Seeking

AU - Rowlands, Anna

PY - 2011/12

Y1 - 2011/12

N2 - This article offers an analysis of the main tenets of Catholic social teaching as they relate to the politics of asylum in a UK context. Addressing the multi- layered and complex crisis of confidence and asylum seekers with regard the moral performance of the UK system, this article proposes that the sig- nificance of CST’s contribution to public discourse has been heightened by three key shifts in state practice. While the constructive contours of this teaching are explored, to be of service to forced migrants CST itself requires a deeper understanding of and engagement with the political cultures that shape practices of democratic exclusion. To this end the conclusion pro- poses two areas for further dialogue between CST and asylum experience.

AB - This article offers an analysis of the main tenets of Catholic social teaching as they relate to the politics of asylum in a UK context. Addressing the multi- layered and complex crisis of confidence and asylum seekers with regard the moral performance of the UK system, this article proposes that the sig- nificance of CST’s contribution to public discourse has been heightened by three key shifts in state practice. While the constructive contours of this teaching are explored, to be of service to forced migrants CST itself requires a deeper understanding of and engagement with the political cultures that shape practices of democratic exclusion. To this end the conclusion pro- poses two areas for further dialogue between CST and asylum experience.

U2 - 10.1558/poth.v12i6.843

DO - 10.1558/poth.v12i6.843

M3 - Article

SN - 1462-317X

VL - 12

SP - 843

EP - 869

JO - POLITICAL THEOLOGY

JF - POLITICAL THEOLOGY

IS - 6

ER -