43 Quotes About Cosmopolitanism

Theological discourse can be, in and of itself, a form of identity and solidarity.

Theological discourses function in various ways as sites of contestation and resistance, of forming new religious and personal identities, and of building solidarities. Theological discourses that theologians produce, disseminate, and teach in academia are not simply objective interpretations and neutral reflections on the world and the church in it. Instead theological discourses are productions of and for the world and the church that we live in

Cosmopolitanism starts from the _singular_ individual rather than the _faceless_ collective

I believe _cosmopolitanism_ can be an effective discourse with which to advocate a politics of _transidentity_ of overlapping interests and heterogeneous or hybrid subjects in order to challenge conventional notions of exclusive belonging, identity and citizenship.

Religion is about hospitality and responsibility, and about neighbor/enemy-love-as-self-love in a Christian term that requires one to turn a new _gaze_ onto others––what I call a _cosmopolitan gaze_.

_For what ends_ does one claim cosmopolitanism? _Whose interest_ does it serve?

the overall theme of theology can be twofold: the search for meaning and the responsibility one has to the others.

The idea is more horny on paper than in practice.

Bigotry does not consort easily with free trade.