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Zusatztext The question of refugees has not been extensively studied with particular attention to religion. Birgit Meyer and Peter van der Veer's edited volume addresses this gap with an excellent series of ethnographic and historically informed cases that cover multiple geographies and time-periods. Informationen zum Autor Birgit Meyer is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Peter van der Veer is is Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen, Germany. Vorwort Using ethnographic case studies of people on the move, especially from Vietnam and Africa, this book explores the overlooked relevance of religion in the European refugee crisis. Zusammenfassung Understanding religion from a material and corporeal angle, this open access book addresses the ways in which refugees practice their religions and convert or develop new faiths. It also evaluates how secular institutions in Europe frame and determine what is classified as religion according to the law, and delineate the limits of religious authority, religious practice, and religious speech. The question of nationalism and migration has been shaping the political landscape in Europe for more than a decade, resulting in a nationalist upsurge. This volume places the current trajectories of people from Asia and Africa who flee from conditions such as oppression and conflict, and who are seeking refuge in Europe in a broader historical and comparative perspective. In so doing, it addresses past experiences in Europe with the role of religion in both producing and accommodating refugees, in the aftermath of the Peace of Westphalia, World War II, and in the context of the Cold War. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Utrecht University and the Max Planck Society. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Peter van der Veer (Max Planck Institute, Göttingen, Germany) Part I: Politics of Religious Plurality in Europe 2. War, Migration, and the Politics of Religious Diversity, Wayne te Brake (Purchase College, State University of New York, USA) 3. German Refugees and Refugees in Germany, Peter van der Veer (Max Planck Institute, Göttingen, Germany) Part II: People on the Move from Vietnam 4. Victims of Atheist Persecution.Transnational Catholic Solidarity and Refugee Protection in Cold War Asia, Phi Vân Nguyen (University of Saint-Boniface, Canada) 5. The Virgin Mary Became Asian: Diasporic Nationalism among Vietnamese Catholic Refugees in the US and Germany, Thien-Huong Ninh (Cosumnes River College, USA) 6. Refugees in the Land of Awes: Vietnamese Arrivals and Departures, Janet Hoskins (University of Southern California, USA) 7. In Search of a Vietnamese Buddhist Space in Germany, Tam Ngo (Max Planck Institute, Göttingen, Germany & Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands) and Nga Mai (Max Planck Institute, Göttingen, Germany) Part III: People on the Move in and from Africa 8. Are We an Elected People? Religion and the Everyday Experience of Young Congolese Refugees in Kampala, Alessandro Gusman (University of Turin, Italy) 9. The ‘Conquering New Territory for Jesus?’: The Transience and Local Presence of African Pentecostal Migrants in Morocco, Johara Berriane (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany) 10. Ritual Space and Religious Practice: Young West African Muslims in Berlin, Germany, Abdoulaye Sounaye (Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, Germany) Part IV: Political Spaces of Reception 11. Texts, Language and Religion in the Making of the Syriac Orthodox Communities in Europe, Heleen Murre van den Berg (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands) 12. Between Hope an...
