Transnational religious spaces : faith and the Brazilian migration experience / Olivia Sheringham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheringham, Olivia, 1981-

Series:

Migration, diasporas and citizenship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brazilians--England--London--Religion.

Brazilians.

Immigrants--Brazil.

Immigrants.

Religion.

Brazil.

Immigrants--England--London.

Brazil--Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration.

London (England)--Emigration and immigration.

London (England).

Transnationalism.

Religions.

England--London.

Physical Description:

xiii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

This book explores the role of religion in the everyday, transnational lives of Brazilian migrants in London and on their return to Brazil. It contributes to an emerging body of work that recognises the importance of religion within transnational processes and foregrounds the experiences of Brazilians in London, a growing yet still largely invisible new migrant group in London. It works with the notion of religion as lived experience to give due weight to the perspectives of migrants themselves and examines the ways in which migrants negotiate their religious beliefs and practices in different places and create new connections between them. While focusing on the experience of Brazilian migrants - both in London and on their return - as a case study, it provides significant empirical and conceptual contributions to existing research, first through its innovative exploration of the interconnections between migration and religion, and second, through its inclusion of the return setting into its field of enquiry. Book jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction

Brazilians as a new migrant community in a `super-diverse' city

Transnationalism, diaspora, belonging

Transnationalism and religion: a multi-scalar approach

Researching mobile religion: a note on methods

Outline of the book

pt. I Theoretical and Contextual Frames

2.The Brazilian `diaspora'

Leaving Brazil

Brazilian migrants around the world

A profile of Brazilians in the UK

Concluding remarks

3.Global, Transnational, and Everyday Religion

Religion and globalisation

`Deus e Brasileiro': the Brazilian religious field

Religion and Brazilian migration

Religion and Brazilians in London

Locating my research

pt. II Living Religion Transnationally among Brazilians in London and `Back Home'

4.Transnational Congregations

Religious institutions and `transnationalism of the middle'

Religious institutions in new environments

Religious transnationalities

Contents note continued: Concluding remarks

5.The `Brazilian' Transnational Church: Social Hub and Sacred Space

From Brazil to London: seeking the church at times of need

The church and a sense of belonging in London

Religious practices across borders

6.Narratives of Religion as Lived (Transnationally)

A broader understanding of religion among Brazilians

Faith and migrating to London

Transnational `religion as lived'

7.Conclusions

The transnational religious lives of a new migrant community in London

Living religion transnationally

Pathways for future research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-222) and index.

ISBN:

9781137272812

1137272813

OCLC:

820434225

Publisher Number:

60001789433