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Christian Orthodox migrants in Western Europe : secularization and modernity through the lens of the gift paradigm / Maria Hämmerli.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hämmerli, Maria, author.
- Series:
- Routledge Studies in Religion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orthodox Eastern Church--Switzerland--History.
- Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Postmodernism--Religious aspects--Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Postmodernism.
- Orthodox Eastern Church members--Switzerland--Religious life.
- Orthodox Eastern Church members.
- Immigrants--Switzerland.
- Immigrants.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (203 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, [2023]
- Summary:
- Using research on Eastern European migrants, this volume examines Orthodox Christianity’s recent encounter with the West, modernity and secularization, and is important for scholars of Orthodox Christianity and religion and migration, as well as those in disciplines such as sociology, political science, migration studies.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART 1 The Context
- 1 The Point of Departure: The Orthodox Heartland
- 2 The Point of Arrival: Orthodoxy Spilling Out of Its Historical Territories
- 3 What Moves on In Time and Space with Orthodox Migrants?
- PART 2 Theoretical Considerations
- 4 Orthodoxy Meets Western Versions of the Secular
- 5 Orthodox Self-Definitions: The Gift Paradigm
- PART 3 Gift Recompositions in the Case of Migration to a Secular Context
- 6 The Vertical Axis: Perils, Recompositions and Permanencies
- 7 The Horizontal Axis: Perils, Recompositions and Permanencies
- 8 The Longitudinal Axis: Perils, Recompositions and Permanencies
- Conclusion
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hämmerli, Maria Christian Orthodox Migrants in Western Europe
- ISBN:
- 9781003289548
- 1003289541
- 9781000737783
- 1000737780
- OCLC:
- 1343946328
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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