Overview
- Represents the first scholarly work on Catholicism and migration
- Makes an original contribution to the field of religious transnationalism and migration studies
- Provides theoretical innovations and detailed case studies
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Migration, Transnationalism and Catholicism
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Encounters, Difference and Transformations
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Negotiating Unity and Diversity
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Reviews
“This rich and diverse collection explores not only how the Catholic Church is reaching out to migrants but how migration is transforming the Church. As it highlights the pilgrim nature of Christian mission, it explores how the Church communities around the world are building bridges instead of walls, creating communion amidst division and bringing life out of death.” (Fr. Daniel G. Groody, csc, University of Notre Dame, US)
“Migration, Transnationalism, and Catholicism: Global Perspectives provides an eye-opening account of how migration is transforming the Catholic Church and how migrant communities change by interacting with the Church. New rituals, different actors, and enhanced political and social roles come vividly to light in these close accounts of how the Church reinvents itself to accommodate new groups and to respond more effectively to long-established communities. Taken together, readers gain an invaluable snapshot of the important place of theCatholic Church in Europe today.” (Peggy Levitt, Wellesley College and Harvard University, USA)
“The stereotype of Catholicism as a static, archaic, top-down religion is shattered forever by this fascinating collection of essays which explore its flows, crossings and entanglements in the contexts of modern migrations.” (Linda Woodhead MBE, Lancaster University, UK)
“Missionaries, monks and religious orders traversed the world long before there were nation-states. Now, descendants from their converts in the Global South are making their presence felt in the Global North. The contributors to this fascinating book have shown how encounters between Catholics of multiple origins have engendered profound changes in liturgy, worship and religious practices. For their part, the editors have made a compelling case that the migration of Catholics from the Global South has provided new possibilities for engagement and the resolution of difference.” (Robin Cohen, University of Oxford, UK)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Marta Bivand Erdal is Senior Researcher at Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway, and a Human Geographer.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Migration, Transnationalism and Catholicism
Book Subtitle: Global Perspectives
Editors: Dominic Pasura, Marta Bivand Erdal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58347-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58346-8Published: 28 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-84462-3Published: 04 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58347-5Published: 21 February 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 366
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Catholicism, Migration, Globalization, Christian Theology