Religion as a Political Resource

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Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris, Veröffentlichungen der Sektion Religionssoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie

ISBN: 3658167874
ISBN 13: 9783658167875
Autor: Schader, Miriam
Verlag: Springer VS
Umfang: xv, 247 S., 26 s/w Illustr., 14 farbige Illustr., 247 p. 40 illus., 14 illus. in color.
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.01.2017
Auflage: 1/2017
Produktform: Kartoniert
Einband: KT

Miriam Schader shows that migrants can use religion as a resource for political involvement in their (new) country of residence – but under certain circumstances only. The author analyses the role religious networks and symbols play for the politicization and participation of Muslim and Christian migrants from sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris. Against the widely held belief that Islam is a ‚political religion‘ in itself, this study demonstrates that Christian migrants draw on their religion for political action more easily than their Muslim counterparts. It also highlights that it is not religion in general which helps migrants get politically active, but particular forms of religious organisations and particular theological elements.Contents – Three Approaches to the Political Involvement of Migrants Migrants from SubSaharan Africa in Berlin and Paris Religion as an Organisational Resource: Religious SelfOrganisation of Migrants from SubSaharan Africa in Berlin and Paris „Jesus was a Revolutionary“: Religion as Structural and Symbolic Political Resource Target Groups – Researchers and students in the fields of sociology, political science, migration studies, and urban planning (Migrant) activists, urban planners, social workers, religious leaders, local administrators and politicians The AuthorMiriam Schader is a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity.

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Beschreibung

Miriam Schader shows that migrants can use religion as a resource for political involvement in their (new) country of residence - but under certain circumstances only. The author analyses the role religious networks and symbols play for the politicization and participation of Muslim and Christian migrants from sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris. Against the widely held belief that Islam is a 'political religion' in itself, this study demonstrates that Christian migrants draw on their religion for political action more easily than their Muslim counterparts. It also highlights that it is not religion in general which helps migrants get politically active, but particular forms of religious organisations and particular theological elements.

Autorenporträt

Miriam Schader is a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity.

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