This article considers the approaches taken in the United States (US) and Australia to prioritising the resettlement of Christians from Syria and Iraq. Focusing first upon respective models and the immediate political factors that lead to their adoption, it analyses in depth the specific role played by the evangelical constituency in the US, and their theologically-infused concern for the “persecuted church” in “enslaved” lands. Recognising this movement enjoys less influence in Australia, the article considers the ways in which Australia’s resettlement policies and political narratives have nonetheless increasingly participated in tropes familiar to classical antinomian political theology, not least that resettlement is tied to a redemptive generosity of the State that works to denigrate and undermine the legal obligations demanded by those who arrive irregularly by boat. The article also critiques the use of “vulnerability” as a touchstone principle for the fair allocation of scarce resettlement places, and its propensity to be used for cherry-picking purposes. Finally, as part of the argument that resettlement is susceptible to being used as a vehicle for those motivated by more explicit theological concerns, the article explores the leveraging for political, redemptive, and eschatological purposes of images and narratives of the “martyred” middle-eastern Christian.

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殉难、反律法主义和基督徒的优先次序——走向难民安置的政治神学

本文考虑了美国（美国）和澳大利亚在优先安置来自叙利亚和伊拉克的基督徒方面所采取的方法。首先关注各自的模式和导致它们被采用的直接政治因素，它深入分析了美国福音派选民所扮演的具体角色，以及他们对“被奴役”土地上“受迫害教会”的神学关注。认识到这一运动在澳大利亚的影响较小，文章考虑了澳大利亚的重新安置政策和政治叙事仍然越来越多地参与古典反律法主义政治神学所熟悉的比喻的方式，尤其重要的是，重新安置与国家的救赎性慷慨有关，该国致力于诋毁和破坏那些不定期乘船抵达的人所要求的法律义务。文章还批评了使用“脆弱性”作为公平分配稀缺安置地点的试金石原则，以及它被用于挑选目的的倾向。最后，作为关于重新安置容易被更明确的神学问题所驱动的人用作工具的论点的一部分，本文探讨了“殉道”中间人的图像和叙事的政治、救赎和末世目的的杠杆作用。东方基督徒。以及它被用于采摘樱桃的倾向。最后，作为关于重新安置容易被更明确的神学问题所驱动的人用作工具的论点的一部分，本文探讨了“殉道”中间人的图像和叙事的政治、救赎和末世目的的杠杆作用。东方基督徒。以及它被用于采摘樱桃的倾向。最后，作为关于重新安置容易被更明确的神学问题所驱动的人用作工具的论点的一部分，本文探讨了“殉道”中间人的图像和叙事的政治、救赎和末世目的的杠杆作用。东方基督徒。