Full Description
This innovative volume introduces readers to a variety of disciplinary and methodological approaches used to examine the intersections of religion and migration. A range of leading figures in this field consider the roles of religion throughout various types of migration, including forced, voluntary, and economic. They discuss examples of migrations at all levels, from local to global, and critically examine case studies from various regional contexts across the globe. The book grapples with the linkages and feedback between religion and migration, exploring immigrant congregations, activism among and between religious groups, and innovations in religious thought in light of migration experiences, among other themes. The contributors demonstrate that religion is an important factor in migration studies and that attention to the intersection between religion and migration augments and enriches our understandings of religion. Ultimately, this volume provides a crucial survey of a burgeoning cross-disciplinary, interreligious, and global area of study.
Contents
Foreword; Josh DeWind.- 1. Introduction: Articulating Intersections at the Global Crossroads of Religion and Migration; Jennifer B. Saunders, Susanna Snyder, and Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh.- Part I. Religion and Experiences of Migration.- 2. Religion as Psychological, Spiritual, and Social Support in the Migration Undertaking; Holly Straut Eppsteiner and Jacqueline Hagan.- 3. Living Religious Practices; Kim Knott.- 4. The Challenges of Migration and the Construction of Religious Identities: The Case of Muslims in America; Zayn Kassam.- 5. Racialization of Religion and Global Migration; Khyati Y. Joshi.- 6. Embodied (Dis)Placements: The Intersections of Gender, Sexuality, and Religion in Migration Studies; Hugo Córdova Quero.- Part II. Approaches to the Study of Religion and Migration.- 7. Home and Away: Exile and Diaspora as Religious Concepts; Ellen Posman.- 8. Exploring the Contours of Transnational Religious Spaces and Networks; Stephen M. Cherry.- 9. Migration: A Theological Vision; Daniel G. Groody.- 10. The Moral Relevance of Borders: Transcendence and the Ethics of Migration; Benjamin Schewel.- Part III: Religion and Responses to Migration.- 11. Taking Responsibility: Sociodicy, Solidarity, and Religious-Sensitive Policy-Making in the Global Politics of Migration; Erin K. Wilson and Luca Mavelli.- 12. Religion, Forced Migration, and Humanitarian Response; Alastair Ager and Joey Ager.
