Hospitality is an action to be implemented by those who claim allegiance to Scripture. While it is desirable for all to participate in this virtue, one needs to be cautious that the practice of hospitality does not mask deep injustices. Consider, for example, the biblical call to show hospitality to the alien within our midst. For some U.S. Christians and Jews, the proper response toward the Latin American undocumented aliens is to show them hospitality. Yet the virtue of hospitality is probably