The Christian Criteria for Assimilation: Racially Reading Christianity, Civility, and Social Belonging in the Modern Western World

Recent surges of immigration in Western countries have produced statements about what successful assimilation requires. While it is commonly believed that proper assimilation in the West is rooted in shared democratic values, this article argues that beneath such values lies a Christian image of hum...

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Main Author: Wong, Jessica Wai-Fong (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2016
In: Open theology
Year: 2016, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 951–959
Further subjects:B Assimilation
B Blackness
B Democratic Values
B Modern Racial Optic
B Race
B Immigration
B imago Christi
B Politics
B Visuality
B Racism
B IMAGE OF CHRIST
B Whiteness
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