Reforming space: migrant agency and reimagining community and belonging
In this article, I offer an examination of migration and its intersection with religion, focusing on (1) how increased migration disrupts the idea of the nationstate, (2) how migration expands our understandings of church and pastoral practice, and finally, (3) the ways in which migration raises key...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Reforming practical theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 1, Pages: 97-104 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Migration
/ Religion
/ Social space
/ Community
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy |
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| Summary: | In this article, I offer an examination of migration and its intersection with religion, focusing on (1) how increased migration disrupts the idea of the nationstate, (2) how migration expands our understandings of church and pastoral practice, and finally, (3) the ways in which migration raises key questions about what constitutes religion and religious work. Through the exploration of two case studies, one from South Africa and one from France, I seek to demonstrate that migration should not be conceived merely as liminal, or nonspace, and that migrants actively construct social worlds through which they make sense of their life situations and ambitions for the future. Finally, I argue that focusing on migrants` beliefs and practices makes possible a greater appreciation of the agency of migrants in reforming religious spaces and their own mobile futures. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Reforming practical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25785/iapt.cs.v1i0.59 |