Transnational Religious Spaces - Faith and the Brazilian Migration Experience

Informationen zum Autor Olivia Sheringham is a Researcher at the International Migration Institute, University of Oxford, UK, and is on the Executive Committee of the Brazilians to the UK Research Group (GEB). She has published work in journals including Portuguese Studies and Geography Compass and has written chapters for a number of published and forthcoming edited collections. Klappentext This book explores the role of religion in the lives of Brazilian migrants in London and on their return 'back home'. Working with the notion of religion as lived experience, it moves beyond rigid denominational boundaries and examines how and where religion is practiced in migrants' everyday lives. Zusammenfassung This book explores the role of religion in the lives of Brazilian migrants in London and on their return 'back home'. Working with the notion of religion as lived experience! it moves beyond rigid denominational boundaries and examines how and where religion is practiced in migrants' everyday lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Brazilian 'Diaspora' 2. Global, Transnational and Everyday Religion 3. Transnational Congregations 4. The 'Brazilian' Transnational Church: Social Hub and Sacred Space 5. Narratives of Religion-as-Lived (Transnationally) Conclusions

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Brazilian 'Diaspora' 2. Global, Transnational and Everyday Religion 3. Transnational Congregations 4. The 'Brazilian' Transnational Church: Social Hub and Sacred Space 5. Narratives of Religion-as-Lived (Transnationally) Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: O Sheringham, O. Sheringham, Olivia Sheringham, Sheringham Olivia
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.04.2013
• EAN: 9781137272812
• ISBN: 978-1-137-27281-2
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship; Migration, Diasporas and Citiz; Migration, Diasporas and Citiz; Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Migration, B, Ethnic Studies, Sociology of Religion, Sociology, Religion & beliefs, Migration, immigration & emigration, Ethnicity, Religious issues & debates, Sociology, general, Sociology & anthropology, Emigration and immigration, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Ethnicity Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies, Religion and sociology, Latin American Culture, Ethnology—Latin America, Social Aspects of Religion, Human Migration, migration;Nation;religion;Transnational