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Christian Orthodox Migrants in Western Europe: Secularization and Modernity through the Lens of the Gift Paradigm book cover

1st Edition

Christian Orthodox Migrants in Western Europe Secularization and Modernity through the Lens of the Gift Paradigm

By Maria Hämmerli Copyright 2023
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

Christian Orthodox Migrants in Western Europe: Secularization and Modernity through the Lens of the Gift Paradigm explores a religious community that has been getting increasing scholarly attention. While most of the literature in the field looks at this religious tradition in terms of its alleged inability to come to terms with modernity – due to its specific religious institutions, practices... Read more

Introduction

Part 1: The Context

1. The Point of Departure: The Orthodox Heartland

2. The Point of Arrival: Orthodoxy Spilling Out of Its Historic Territories

3. What Moves On In Time and Space With Orthodox Migrants?

Part 2: Theoretical Considerations

4. Orthodoxy Meets Western Versions of the Secular

5. Orthodox Self-Definitions: The Gift Paradigm

Part 3: Gift Recompositions in a Migration to a Secular Context

6. The Vertical Axis: Perils, Recompositions and Permanencies

7. The Horizontal Axis: Perils, Recompositions and Permanencies

8. The Longitudinal Axis: Perils, Recompositions and Permanencies

Conclusion.

Index

Biography

Maria Hämmerli is an Advanced Researcher and Lecturer currently associated with the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

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