Strangers and sojourners as all our fathers (I Ch 28: 15). Towards a receptive, inclusive and global ecumenism

This article intends to address the issue of migration in its relation to the religious realm ofthese two first decades of the 21st century, within the framework of a fundamental practical theology. By using sociological data as our basic platform to see which changings and challenges are at stake in nowadays world, we shall move towards a theological analysis of those categories related to human migration from a biblical and a theological perspective. Considering the developments of ecumenical theology as well as of inter religious dialogue of the past decades, our main aim is to reflect briefly on the principles that must mould a Christian attitude towards ethnic, social and religious differences