Christian Cosmopolitanism - 9781439925980

Christian CosmopolitanismFaith Communities Talk Immigration\nAuthor(s): Felipe Amin Filomeno\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S., United States\nImprint: Temple University Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781439925980, 978-1439925980\nSynopsis\nWhile religious institutions have been gateways for immigrants into local communities, religion has also coalesced with nationalism to discriminate against foreigners. Felipe Amin Filomeno asks, can deliberative dialogues about immigration in Christian congregations play a cosmopolitan role and bridge differences of nationality, race, and culture regarding immigration? To find the answer, he visited numerous Christian congregations in Baltimore with varying demographic makeups to discuss intergroup tensions and similarities in their communities. He developed dialogues to promote mutual understanding and collaboration between immigrants and [url] people in religious spaces.\n\nChristian Cosmopolitanism shows that mutual understandin.