Guglielmi The Romanian Orthodox Diaspora in Italy

Eastern Orthodoxy in a Western European Country
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-07102-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 170 Seiten

Reihe: Religion and Philosophy

This book provides a sociological understanding of transformations within Eastern Orthodoxy and the settlement of Orthodox diasporas in Western Europe. Building a fresh framework on religion and migration through the lenses of religious glocalization, it explores the Romanian Orthodox diaspora in Italy as a case study in the experience of Eastern Orthodoxy in a Western European country.

The research brings to light the Romanian Orthodox diaspora’s reshaping of the more customary social traditionalism largely spread within Eastern Orthodoxy. In its position as an immigrant group and religious minority, the Romanian Orthodox diaspora develops socio-cultural and religious encounters with the receiving environment and engages with certain contemporary challenges.

This book refutes the vague image of Orthodox Christianity as a monolithic religious system composed of passive religious institutions, rather showing current Orthodox diasporas as flexible agents markedby dynamic features.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guglielmi, Marco

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Development of an Orthodox Christian Panorama in Italy.- Chapter 3: A (Eastern) Latin Church in a (Western) Latin Country.- Chapter 4: Manifold Bonds between Motherland and New Home.- Chapter 5: Epilogue: Towards a Western European Orthodoxy?

Über Autor(innen)

Marco Guglielmi is a Research Fellow at the University of Padua, Italy. His research interests include Orthodox Christianity, religion and migration, and interreligious dialogue.