Migrants and Religion: Paths, Issues, and Lenses: A Multidisciplinary and Multi-Sited Study on the Role of Religious Belongings in Migratory and Integ

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-42944-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 834 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1543 g

Despite the worldwide dramatic spread of religious-based discriminations, persecutions, and conflicts, both official data and academic literature have underestimated their role as a root cause of contemporary migrations. This multidisciplinary study aims to overcome this gap.

Through an unprecedented collection of theoretical analysis and original empirical evidence, the book provides unique data and insights on the role of religion in the trajectories of asylum seekers and migrants – from the analysis of the religious geography of sending countries to the role of spirituality as a factor of resilience and adaptation.

By enhancing both academic and political debate on these issues, the book offers the possibility of regaining awareness of the close link between religious freedom and the quality of democracy.

Contributors include: Paolo Gomarasca, Monica Martinelli, Monica Spatti, Andrea Santini, Andrea Plebani, Paolo Maggiolini, Riccardo Redaelli, Alessia Melcangi, Giancarlo Rovati, Annavittoria Sarli, Giulia Mezzetti, Lucia Boccacin, Linda Lombi, Donatella Bramanti, Stefania Meda, Giovanna Rossi, Beatrice Nicolini, Cristina Giuliani, Camillo Regalia, Giovanni Giulio Valtolina, Paola Barachetti, Maddalena Colombo, Rosangela Lodigiani, Mariagrazia Santagati, Fabio Baggio, Vera Lomazzi, Paolo Bonetti, Laura Zanfrini, Mario Antonelli, Luca Bressan, Alessandro Bergamaschi, Catherine Blaya, Núria Llevot-Calvet, Olga Bernad-Cavero, and Jordi Garreta-Bochaca.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Zanfrini, Laura

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Religiöse Institutionen & Gemeinschaften, Klerus, Mönchstum
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Part 1: Migrations and Religious Belonging: from Periphery to Core, for a New

1 Introduction. General Description of the Study, Key Issues, and Provisional Conclusions

Laura Zanfrini

2 The Uncanny “Religious” Refugee: a Post-secular Perspective on Ethics of Hospitality

Paolo Gomarasca

3 Religion in Secularized and Post-secularized Europe

Monica Martinelli

4 Migration and Religious Freedom: the Legislative and Judicial Framework at International and European Level

Andrea Santini and Monica Spatti

References to Part 1

Part 2: Where (Forced) Migrations are Generated

5 No Size Fits All: Diversity, State and Politics in the Contemporary Middle East

Paolo Maggiolini, Andrea Plebani and Riccardo Redaelli

6 Christians Navigating through Middle East Turbulences: the Case of the Copts in Egypt

Alessia Melcangi and Paolo Maggiolini

7 Religious Affiliations and Social Coexistence in the Islamic Middle East Countries

Giancarlo Rovati

8 Women’s Rights and Shari‘a Law in the MENA Region

Vera Lomazzi

References to Part 2

Part 3: The Religion’s Dimension in the Trajectories of (Forced) Migrants Directed to Italy

9 The “Place” of Religion in the Italian Asylum Seekers’ Reception System: Constitutional, Legislative and Procedural Framework

Paolo Bonetti

10 On the Role of Religion in the Decision to Migrate

Laura Zanfrini

11 The “Space” of Religion in the Assessment of Asylum Applications

Laura Zanfrini

12 On the Role of Religion in the Process of Adaptation of (Forced) Migrants

Laura Zanfrini and Mario Antonelli

References to Part 3

Part 4: Religion, Faith-Based Organizations, Integration and Social Cohesion

13 Religion and Integration: Issues from International Literature

Annavittoria Sarli and Giulia Mezzetti

14 Religious Persecution, Migrations and Practices in Faith-based Organizations: Some Recommendations from a Qualitative Study

Lucia Boccacin and Linda Lombi

15 Interreligious Dialogue in the Governance of Migration and Inter-ethnic Cohabitation

Fabio Baggio

16 The Multi-ethnic and Multi-Religious Transformation of the Largest Diocese in the World: the Church of Milan and the “Synod from the Peoples”

Laura Zanfrini and Luca Bressan

References to Part 4

Part 5: Migrations, Intergenerational Relations and Families

17 Migrations and Intergenerational Religious Transmission: Issues from International Literature

Donatella Bramanti, Stefania Meda and Giovanna Rossi

18 The Copts in Italy: Migration and Generosity

Beatrice Nicolini

19 Religious Belonging and (Forced) Migration: a Study on Migrant Coptic Families in Italy

Cristina Giuliani and Camillo Regalia

20 Religious Belonging and (Forced) Migration: a Study on Migrant Coptic Minors in Italy

Giovanni Giulio Valtolina and Paola Barachetti

References to Part 5

Part 6: Religious Diversity in Italian Schools

21 The Religious Dimension in Plural Schools: Institutional, Relational and Strategic Issues

Maddalena Colombo

22 Religious Belonging in Multicultural Schools: Freedom of Expression and Citizenship Values

Rosangela Lodigiani

23 Religious Conflicts in Multicultural Schools: a Generational Divide between Students and Adults

Mariagrazia Santagati

24 Religions and Laïcité in the French Republican School

Alessandro Bergamaschi and Catherine Blaya

25 Religious Education in Schools as a Necessity in a Secular State: the Perspective in Catalonia

Núria Llevot-Calvet, Olga Bernad-Cavero and Jordi Garreta-Bochaca

References to Part 6

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Laura Zanfrini, Ph.D. in Sociology, is Full Professor of Sociology of Migrations at the Catholic University of Milan. She is author of about 400 publications; among the most recent: The Challenge of Migration in a Janus-Faced Europe (Palgrave, 2019).