Some Christian political theorists and theologians counter calls for greater generosity toward refugees by appealing to the prerogatives of state sovereignty, the preferential love for fellow-citizens, and the priority of loving nearby neighbours over distant strangers. This article responds to each argument, arguing that the right to exclude outsiders is not an immutable aspect of sovereignty, the construction of a social contract among fellow-citizens does not justify abandoning duties to non-citizens, and, in a highly globalized world, the obligation to love one’s neighbour is not rightly circumscribed by geography. It further argues that Jesus’s parable of the good Samaritan serves as a foil through which it can be seen that many sovereign states not only fail to love the displaced neighbour by providing refuge, but, like the priest and the Levite, go out of their way to keep refugees at a distance—and, like the robbers, even contribute to their vulnerability and suffering.

一些基督教的政治理论家和神学家通过呼吁国家主权的特权，对同胞的优先爱国以及对附近邻居的爱优先于远方的陌生人，来呼吁对难民给予更大的慷慨。本文针对每个论点做出了回应，认为排斥外界人士的权利不是主权的一成不变，同胞之间建立社会契约并不能证明放弃对非公民的义务是正当的，在高度全球化的世界中，地理位置不正确地限制了爱邻居的义务。它还进一步指出，耶稣对撒玛利亚人的寓言充当了陪衬，可以看出，许多主权国家不仅无法通过提供庇护来爱护流离失所的邻国，而且，