Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Migration

Rubina Ramji is Associate Professor of Religion at Cape Breton University, Canada. She is Chair of the Religion and Migration Group of the American Academy of Religion (2016 – present), and is former President of the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion. Alison Marshall is Professor of Religion at Brandon University, Canada. She was co-chair of the Religion and Migration Group at the American Academy of Religion for five years.

This comprehensive collection considers religion and migration from myriad disciplinary and methodological perspectives. The contributors analyse the complex lives of migrants, focusing on religion as an integral component of contemporary stories of migration. This volume is an invaluable and essential resource to scholars of religion, migration and social change.

• List of Figures/TablesList of Contributors PrefaceAcknowledgments Introduction, Rubina Ramji (Cape Breton University, Canada) and Alison Marshall (Brandon University, Canada)1. Global Migration, Religious Diversity, and Integration in Regions of the West: Challenging a ‘Westphalian’ Circumstance, Peter Beyer (University of Ottawa, Canada)2. Sikh Activism in Diaspora: Migration and Representation, Jasjit Singh (University of Leeds, UK)3. Shifting Religiosity of Polish Immigrants in Ireland: Between Alienation and Revitalization of Religion, Marcin T. Lisak, (Institute for Catholic Church Statistics, Poland)4. Polish Diasporic Catholicism in Scotland, Michal Adam Palacz (Oxford Brookes University, UK)5. Korean Christians in the diaspora: Resilience, Migration and Religion, Sabrina Weiss (University of Leipzig, Germany)6. Social Change and Ethnic Identity in a Korean Congregation, Michael Wilkinson (Trinity Western University, Canada)7. Gender Matters: Second-Generation Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims in Canada, Rubina Ramji (Cape Breton University, Canada)8. Making Space Through Public Engagements: Canadian Ismaili Muslims, Alyshea Cummins (University of Ottawa, Canada)9. Political Images and the Politics of Images: Orientalism and Moral Frameworks in Constructing Narratives About Muslim and Arab Populations in Brazil, Helena de Morais Manfrinato Othman (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)10. Faith-Based Schools in Canadian Immigrant-Origin Communities: from Identity Retention to Social Inclusion, Mariia Alekseevskaia (University of Ottawa, Canada) and Philippe Couton (University of Ottawa, Canada)11. Research on Migration and Religion in the Latin America Context – A Systematic Approach, Frank Usarski (Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil)12. Religion and Im/migration in the Global City, Petra Kuppinger (Monmouth College, USA)13. Immigration, Religion and Civic Engagement, Zubeyir Nisanci (Marmara University, Turkey)14. Migrant movements: Filipino Catholic Culture and Religious Heat, Alison Marshall (Brandon University, Canada)15. Religion, Migration and the Chinese in Diaspora, C.B. Tan16. Transnational Religious Networks and the Revival of Buddhism in Post-Mao China, Brian Nichols (Mount Royal University, Canada)17. Islam, Internal Migration and Queer Travels in Indonesia Diego Garcia Rodríguez (University College, London, UK)18. Come from Away but Here To Stay: Religion and Migration in Contemporary Discourse, Paul Bramadat (University of Victoria, Canada)Conclusion, Rubina Ramji (Cape Breton University, Canada) and Alison Marshall (Brandon University, Canada)BibliographyIndex