This is one of the things that makes globalization and immigration very hard for Christians. On the one hand, the faith teaches a universal dignity to all people, which implies a responsibility to care about not only your own but the "stranger" (the Biblical term.) On the other hand, nations and people groups are clearly acknowledged not…
This is one of the things that makes globalization and immigration very hard for Christians. On the one hand, the faith teaches a universal dignity to all people, which implies a responsibility to care about not only your own but the "stranger" (the Biblical term.) On the other hand, nations and people groups are clearly acknowledged not only as necessary but as positive goods (see Tower of Babel), which implies some greater level of responsibility to your own than to others. Squaring this circle is not easy.
This is one of the things that makes globalization and immigration very hard for Christians. On the one hand, the faith teaches a universal dignity to all people, which implies a responsibility to care about not only your own but the "stranger" (the Biblical term.) On the other hand, nations and people groups are clearly acknowledged not only as necessary but as positive goods (see Tower of Babel), which implies some greater level of responsibility to your own than to others. Squaring this circle is not easy.