Integrace cizinců do přijímající společnosti jako výzva pro církev
Foreigner Integration as a Challenge for the Church
Reflections in Light of Recent Church Documents
Author(s): Petr ŠticaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: VERBUM - vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku
Keywords: integration; immigrants; foreigners; pastoral care; interculturality; Catholic Church
Summary/Abstract: The study deals with the role that local churches could and should play in the integration process of immigrants into the host society. The starting point of the refl ection constitute the recent Church documents concerning the pastoral care of migrants and itinerant people. The study has two parts: fi rstly, the theological fundamentals are introduced; second, the contribution of local churches to the integration of migrants is described.
Journal: Verba Theologica
- Issue Year: XIII/2014
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 5-14
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Czech