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Transnational faiths : Latin-American immigrants and their religions in Japan / edited by Hugo Córdova Quero and Rafael Shoji.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants.
- Latin Americans.
- Japan--Religion.
- Japan.
- Religion.
- Latin Americans--Japan.
- Immigrants--Japan.
- Latin America--Emigration and immigration.
- Latin America.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Japan--Emigration and immigration.
- Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects.
- Latin Americans--Religion.
- Multiculturalism.
- Multiculturalism--Religious aspects.
- Religion and sociology.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 257 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington : Ashgate, [2014]
- Summary:
- Japan has witnessed the arrival of thousands of immigrants, since the 1990s, from Latin America, especially from Brazil and Peru. Along with immigrants from other parts of the world, they all express the new face of Japan - one of multiculturality and multi-ethnicity. Newcomers are having a strong impact in local faith communities and playing an unexpected role in the development of communities. This book focuses on the role that faith and religious institutions play in the migrants' process of settlement and integration. The authors also focus on the impact of immigrants' religiosity amidst religious groups formerly established in Japan. Religion is an integral aspect of the displacement and settlement process of immigrants in an increasing multi-ethnic, multicultural and pluri-religious contemporary Japan. Religious institutions and their social networks in Japan are becoming the first point of contact among immigrants. This book exposes and explores the often missed connection of the positive role of religion and faith-based communities in facilitating varied integrative ways of belonging for immigrants. The authors highlight the faith experiences of immigrants themselves by bringing their voices through case studies, interviews, and ethnographic research throughout the book to offer an important contribution to the exploration of multiculturalism in Japan. -- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409435259
- 1409435253
- OCLC:
- 880520763
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