Langford, Eleanor Vaughan
Welcoming the Stranger Among Us: Exploring American Catholics’ Advocacy Work and Community Mobilization for Refugees and Asylum Seekers at a National and Local Level.
Master thesis, Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation.
Abstract
Through its affiliate agencies, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops resettles
about 30% of the United States’ refugees, which is more than any of the other nine US Voluntary
Agencies in cooperative agreements for resettlement. Moreover, Catholics have become
dedicated, advocates for migrants amidst the rising anti-immigrant rhetoric dominating the
media. Taking a mesolevel approach, this thesis analyzes the advocacy efforts of the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Charities USA, and the Western Regional
Office of Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte to explore how Catholics advocate and
mobilize support for refugees and asylum seekers at both a national and local level. Applying the
concepts of strategic issue framing, administrative advocacy, and cross-sectoral/crossorganizational
collaboration, it examines how Catholic theology and values are leveraged,
transformed, and appropriated across secular and religiously plural contexts.
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Thesis
(Master)
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| Degree programme: |
Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation |
| Academic year: |
2021-2022 |
| Date of delivery: |
16 Sep 2022 07:45 |
| Last modified: |
16 Sep 2022 07:45 |
| URI: |
https://rcs.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/652 |
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