The Role of the Catholic Church in Immigrant Integration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6129276 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Kevin Appleby (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 67-70 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Faith & International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1931-7743 • E-ISSN: 1557-0274 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15570274.2011.543621 |
| OpenAlex | W2314645467 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The Catholic Church is itself an immigrant church and it has helped integrate new immigrants into American society through services, education, advocacy, and solidarity. As churches integrate new immigrants into their religious practices, they do so in a uniquely American way, slowly merging them with the general citizenry. Immigration reform, in the eyes of the church, is the ultimate integration program. The government should partner with religious groups as it pursues a national integration policy in which federal and state governments work together to ensure that immigrants and refugees receive appropriate services. Keywords: North AmericaChristianity – Roman CatholicImmigrationCivil SocietyHistoryEducationLawPublic Opinion Notes 1. This essay served as the basis of a presentation I made on the panel, "Immigration and US Society," September 22, 2010, Washington, DC. The panel was the first in a 3‐panel series on "Immigration Reform: Advancing Human Dignity & Responsibility." The series was hosted by Nyack College DC Campus, and was sponsored by the Institute for Public Service and Policy Development, the Institute for Global Engagement, the Center for Public Justice, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
Dignity · Government (linguistics) · Immigration · Immigration policy · Immigration reform · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Solidarity · Christian Theology and Mission · Law · Public Administration · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2021 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |