Religions, modulators in Pluri-ethnic cities: An anthropological analysis of the relative shift from ethnic to supra-ethnic and meta-ethnic faith communities in Brussels
Anthropological analysis of how and to what extent socio-ethnic shifts take place in a pluri-ethnic urban setting reveals that the process occurs from a situation of group-clustering on the basis of ethnicity to a situation of ethnicity that is absorbed and sometimes left behind in faith communities...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[1999]
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Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 1999, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 217-231 |
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| Summary: | Anthropological analysis of how and to what extent socio-ethnic shifts take place in a pluri-ethnic urban setting reveals that the process occurs from a situation of group-clustering on the basis of ethnicity to a situation of ethnicity that is absorbed and sometimes left behind in faith communities. Situations are identified of social and religious-cultural bridging to the region of origin, but also of socio-cultural integration, supra- and meta-ethnic self-affirmation, cultural-religious syncretisin and (non-)adaptation to the host country. Religion is seen as a grammar with elements that may be considered as a form of modulation leading to social transformation. A number of generational and gender dimensions are also briefly discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9419 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13537909908580863 |