Asian Migrants and Religious Experience : From Missionary Journeys to Labor Mobility
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Brown Bernardo ; Yeoh Brenda S.A ;
- Editeurs : Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press ;
- Date d'édition : [2018]
- Sujets : Immigrants -- Religious life, Immigrants
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Pays de publication : Pays-Bas
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : New Mobilities in Asia, 2,
Notes
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Résumé
Typically, scholars approach migrants’ religions as a safeguard of cultural identity, something that connects migrants to their communities of origin. This ethnographic anthology challenges that position by reframing the religious experiences of migrants as a transformative force capable of refashioning narratives of displacement into journeys of spiritual awakening and missionary calling. These essays explore migrants’ motivations in support of an argument that to travel inspires a search for new meaning in religion