This essay wrestles with the tension between the Christian imperative to extend hospitality to all and the necessity of holding others accountable when they have done harm. Examining the legacy of Will Campbell and the ethos of the journal Katallagete , this essay asks the question, “Are there, or should there be, limits to Christian hospitality?” Campbell’s staunch advocacy for civil rights and desegregation sat uneasily beside his open-heartedness toward Ku Klux Klan members. The essay considers his legacy alongside today’s need to protest anti-immigration policies while remaining open to the possibility of transformation among those who enforce them.
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