Theologies of Neighborly Resilience and Resistance: In the Wake of the ICE Occupation of Minneapolis/St. Paul

In the wake of ICE's Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis/St. Paul, on CNN, Lutheran Pastor Ingrid Rasmussen named the experience "like the aftermath of a tornado. This was not a natural disaster; it was an 'unnatural' one, a human-made one."  This roundtable session brings together Minnesota Lutheran clergy and multifaith leaders and activists alongside scholars of immigration, ethics, and White Christian Nationalism to reflect on the intersections of this unnatural disaster. We will consider ongoing religious responses to ICE's occupation of Minneapolis and St. Paul, including but not limited to Lutheran theological perspectives. We will ask how religious organizations, immigrants, and communities responded to the surge, detentions, and the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. How did the context of Minnesota shape the response? What theologies impacted communities and what new perspectives on theological ethics and organizing emerged? What kinds of scholarly activisms are needed now? What comes next?