Intersections of Religion and Migration: Issues at the Global Crossroads

By Jennifer B. Saunders

Book Overview

Foreword; Josh DeWind

1. Introduction: Articulating Intersections at the Global Crossroads of Religion and Migration; Jennifer B. Saunders, Susanna Snyder, and Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh
Part I. Religion and Experiences of Migration
2. Religion as Psychological, Spiritual, and Social Support in the Migration Undertaking; Holly Straut Eppsteiner and Jacqueline Hagan3. Living Religious Practices; Kim Knott
4. The Challenges of Migration and the Construction of Religious Identities: The Case of Muslims in America; Zayn Kassam
5. Racialization of Religion and Global Migration; Khyati Y. Joshi
6. Embodied (Dis)Placements: The Intersections of Gender, Sexuality, and Religion in Migration Studies; Hugo C?rdova Quero

Part II. Approaches to the Study of Religion and Migration
7. Home and Away: Exile and Diaspora as Religious Concepts; Ellen Posman8. Exploring the Contours of Transnational Religious Spaces and Networks; Stephen M. Cherry
9. Migration: A Theological Vision; Daniel G. Groody
10. The Moral Relevance of Borders: Transcendence and the Ethics of Migration; Benjamin Schewel

Part III: Religion and Responses to Migration
11. Taking Responsibility: Sociodicy, Solidarity, and Religious-Sensitive Policy-Making in the Global Politics of Migration; Erin K. Wilson and Luca Mavelli12. Religion, Forced Migration, and Humanitarian Response; Alastair Ager and Joey Ager

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349954462
• ISBN13: 9781349954469
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"