When they become elitist, nationalistic or sectarian, diversity becomes division

Nationalism, Sectarianism and Elitism

As we are able to communicate globally and travel wherever we want, we seem to be drawing in to ourselves and our own little communities more and more. A set of “isms” that undergird our secular society is our assumption that one particular group of people or way of thinking is superior or more correct than anyone else. This assumption that “my group” is right and others are wrong leads to division in our lives, our society and our Church. The first of these is nationalism. This is the assumption that my ethnic group, my tribe, my clan or my country is superior.




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