1st Edition
Orthodox Identities in Western Europe Migration, Settlement and Innovation
Introduction
Maria Hämmerli and Jean-François Mayer
PART I: Migration and Settlement
1 Romanian Orthodox Churches in Italy: The Construction of the Romanian–Italian Transnational Orthodox Space
Suna Gülfer Ihlamur-Öner
2 The Myth of an Ideal Leader: The Case of the Syriac Orthodox Community in Europe
Naures Atto
3 The Transformation of Social Capital among Assyrians in the Migration Context
Soner Onder Barthoma
4 Orthodox Churches in Germany: From Migrant Groups to Permanent Homeland
Reinhard Thöle
5 The Ambivalent Ecumenical Relations among Russian Orthodox Faithful in Germany
Sebastian Rimestad and Ernest Kadotschnikow
6 How do Orthodox Integrate in their Host Countries? Examples from Switzerland
Maria Hämmerli
7 The Orthodox Churches in the United Kingdom
Hugh Wybrew
8 Population Movements and Orthodox Christianity in Finland: Dislocations, Resettlements, Migrations and Identities
Tuomas Martikainen and Teuvo Laitila
9 Orthodox Parishes in Strasbourg: Between Migration and Integration
Guillaume Keller
10 Orthodox Priests in Norway: Serving or Ruling?
Berit Thorbjørnsrud
PART II: Innovation
11 Not Just Caviar and Balalaikas: Unity and Division in Russian Orthodox Congregations in Denmark
Annika Hvithamar
12 Mediating Orthodoxy: Convert Agency and Discursive Autochthonism in Ireland
James A. Kapaló
13 The Great Athonite Tradition in France: Circulation of Athonite Imaginaries and the Emergence of a French Style of Orthodoxy
Laurent Denizeau
14 ‘We are Westerners and Must Remain Westerners’: Orthodoxy and Western Rites in Western Europe
Jean-François Mayer
15 Innovation in the Russian Orthodox Church: The Crisis in the Diocese of Sourozh in Britain
Maria Hämmerli and Edmund Mucha
Biography
Maria Hämmerli is a sociologist of religion and currently researches Orthodox Churches and their migration to traditionally non-Orthodox countries. Jean-François Mayer is Director of the Institute Religioscope. He is the author of ten books and numerous articles on contemporary religion.
"By examining Orthodox migration and settlement in a historical perspective, the editors and authors of the book have managed to provide a much-needed contribution, not only to the study of Orthodoxy but toward the refinement of theoretical and methodological tools in the field of religion and migration."
- Theoni Stathopoulou, National Centre for Social Research, Athens, Greece, Religion and Society in Central and Eastern Europe
