RT Article
T1 Religious Diaspora: A New Approach to Its Existence and Meaning
JF Religions
VO 12
IS 10
A1 Pătru, Alina 1978-
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1794929509
AB The present study aims to contribute to the discussion regarding the possibility of conceptualizing a religious diaspora. It proposes a new way of defining it, namely in relation to religious and not to ethno-territorial realities, but without editing the territorial dimension out. After sketching the definition on this theoretical basis, the study refers to six case studies, pointing to the way in which the definitory traits of a religious diaspora are actualized in each situation under study. The evaluation unravels the strengths of the concept as well as certain aspects that still need to be addressed in further research. The inference is that the capacity of religion to generate diasporic feelings and attitudes should also be acknowledged and that the concept of religious diaspora ought to be treated as an analytic instrument useful both in the research and in the decision-making process.
K1 Christian-Orthodox diaspora
K1 German congregations abroad
K1 Jewish Diaspora
K1 Romanian-Orthodox diaspora
K1 diaspora studies
K1 diasporic consciousness
K1 Expatriates
K1 religion and diaspora
K1 religious diaspora
DO 10.15496/publikation-90848