Religion as a Political Resource : Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris

Religion as a Political Resource : Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris /

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 mi...

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Main Author: Schader, Miriam (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2017.
Series:Veröffentlichungen der Sektion Religionssoziologie in der DGS.
Subjects:
Emigration and immigration.
Political sociology.
Religion and sociology.
Social sciences.
Social Sciences.
Migration.
Political Sociology.
Sociology of Religion.
Online Access:Connect to this title online
Table of Contents:
  • Three Approaches to the Political Involvement of Migrants
  • Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris
  • Religion as an Organisational Resource: Religious Self-Organisation of Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris
  • “Jesus was a Revolutionary”: Religion as Structural and Symbolic Political Resource.

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