Theology of Global Citizenship

ISBN-13: 9783659543159 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 92 str.

Hong Jisoo

Opis

Though creating identity and belongingness under the sovereign requires an enclosure by boundaries, the very act of drawing boundaries imposes inevitable challenges. The limitations of the Westphalian system based on territorial boundaries are becoming more tangible with transnational flows threatening individuals sense of belonging and the states exercise of sovereignty. Global citizenship is suggested today as a possible "solution" transcending the arbitrarily drawn national boundaries. However, my political theological examination concludes that global citizenship is yet another translation of the human beings old wish for belonging to, protection from, and unity under a "god" albeit with new boundaries that differentiate us from them.

O autorze

Jisoo Hong studied Political Science and German Studies at Macalester College and Social Sciences at the University of Chicago.