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Orthodox identities in western Europe : migration, settlement, and innovation /

The Orthodox migration in the West matters, despite its unobtrusive presence. And it matters in a way that has not yet been explored in social and religious studies: in terms of size, geographical scope, theological input and social impact. This book explores the adjustment of Orthodox migrants and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hämmerli, Maria (Editor ), Mayer, Jean-François (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington : Ashgate, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction
  • Part I. Migration and Settlement: Romanian Orthodox churches in Italy: the construction of the Romanian-Italian transnational Orthodox space / Suna Gülfer Ihlamur-Öner
  • The myth of an ideal leader: the case of the Syriac Orthodox community in Europe / Naures Atto
  • The transformation of social capital among Assyrians in the migration context / Soner Onder Barthoma
  • Orthodox churches in Germany: from migrant groups to permanent homeland / Reinhard Thöle
  • The ambivalent ecumenical relations among Russian Orthodox faithful in Germany / Sebastian Rimestad and Ernest Kadotschnikow
  • How do Orthodox integrate in their host countries? Examples from Switzerland / Maria Hämmerli
  • The Orthodox churches in the United Kingdom / Hugh Wybrew
  • Population movements and Orthodox Christianity in Finland: dislocations, resettlements, migrations and identities / Tuomas Martikainen and Teovu Laitila
  • Orthodox parishes in Strasbourg: between migration and integration / Guillaume Keller
  • Orthodox priests in Norway: serving or ruling? / Berit Thorbjoørnsrud
  • Part II. Innovation: Not just caviar and balalaikas: unity and division in Russian Orthodox congregations in Denmark / Annika Hvithamar
  • Mediating Orthodoxy: convert agency and discursive autochthonism in Ireland / James A. Kapalo
  • The Great Athonite tradition in France: circulation of Athonite imaginaries and the emergence of a French style of Orthodoxy / Laurent Denizeau
  • 'We are Westerners and must remain Westerners': Orthodoxy and Western rites in Western Europe / Jean-Francois Mayer
  • Innovation in the Russian Orthodox Church: the crisis in the diocese of Sourozh in Britain / Maria Hammerli and Edmund Mucha
  • Index.