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Migrants and Religion: Paths, Issues, and Lenses
A Multidisciplinary and Multi-Sited Study on the Role of Religious Belongings in Migratory and Integration Processes
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Despite the worldwide dramatic spread of religious-based discriminations, persecutions, and conflicts, both official data and academic literature have underestimated their role as a root cause of contemporary migrations. This multidisciplinary study aims to overcome this gap.
Through an unprecedented collection of theoretical analysis and original empirical evidence, the book provides unique data and insights on the role of religion in the trajectories of asylum seekers and migrants â from the analysis of the religious geography of sending countries to the role of spirituality as a factor of resilience and adaptation.
By enhancing both academic and political debate on these issues, the book offers the possibility of regaining awareness of the close link between religious freedom and the quality of democracy.
Contributors include: Paolo Gomarasca, Monica Martinelli, Monica Spatti, Andrea Santini, Andrea Plebani, Paolo Maggiolini, Riccardo Redaelli, Alessia Melcangi, Giancarlo Rovati, Annavittoria Sarli, Giulia Mezzetti, Lucia Boccacin, Linda Lombi, Donatella Bramanti, Stefania Meda, Giovanna Rossi, Beatrice Nicolini, Cristina Giuliani, Camillo Regalia, Giovanni Giulio Valtolina, Paola Barachetti, Maddalena Colombo, Rosangela Lodigiani, Mariagrazia Santagati, Fabio Baggio, Vera Lomazzi, Paolo Bonetti, Laura Zanfrini, Mario Antonelli, Luca Bressan, Alessandro Bergamaschi, Catherine Blaya, Núria Llevot-Calvet, Olga Bernad-Cavero, and Jordi Garreta-Bochaca.
Through an unprecedented collection of theoretical analysis and original empirical evidence, the book provides unique data and insights on the role of religion in the trajectories of asylum seekers and migrants â from the analysis of the religious geography of sending countries to the role of spirituality as a factor of resilience and adaptation.
By enhancing both academic and political debate on these issues, the book offers the possibility of regaining awareness of the close link between religious freedom and the quality of democracy.
Contributors include: Paolo Gomarasca, Monica Martinelli, Monica Spatti, Andrea Santini, Andrea Plebani, Paolo Maggiolini, Riccardo Redaelli, Alessia Melcangi, Giancarlo Rovati, Annavittoria Sarli, Giulia Mezzetti, Lucia Boccacin, Linda Lombi, Donatella Bramanti, Stefania Meda, Giovanna Rossi, Beatrice Nicolini, Cristina Giuliani, Camillo Regalia, Giovanni Giulio Valtolina, Paola Barachetti, Maddalena Colombo, Rosangela Lodigiani, Mariagrazia Santagati, Fabio Baggio, Vera Lomazzi, Paolo Bonetti, Laura Zanfrini, Mario Antonelli, Luca Bressan, Alessandro Bergamaschi, Catherine Blaya, Núria Llevot-Calvet, Olga Bernad-Cavero, and Jordi Garreta-Bochaca.
Laura Zanfrini, Ph.D. in Sociology, is Full Professor of Sociology of Migrations at the Catholic University of Milan. She is author of about 400 publications; among the most recent: The Challenge of Migration in a Janus-Faced Europe (Palgrave, 2019).
âList of Figures and Tables
âNotes on Contributors
â1 Introduction. General Description of the Study, Key Issues, and Provisional Conclusions
âLaura Zanfrini
â2 The Uncanny âReligiousâ Refugee: a Post-secular Perspective on Ethics of Hospitality
âPaolo Gomarasca
â3 Religion in Secularized and Post-secularized Europe
âMonica Martinelli
â4 Migration and Religious Freedom: the Legislative and Judicial Framework at International and European Level
âAndrea Santini and Monica Spatti
âReferences to Part 1
â5 No Size Fits All: Diversity, State and Politics in the Contemporary Middle East
âPaolo Maggiolini, Andrea Plebani and Riccardo Redaelli
â6 Christians Navigating through Middle East Turbulences: the Case of the Copts in Egypt
âAlessia Melcangi and Paolo Maggiolini
â7 Religious Affiliations and Social Coexistence in the Islamic Middle East Countries
âGiancarlo Rovati
â8 Womenâs Rights and Shariâa Law in theMENA Region
âVera Lomazzi
âReferences to Part 2
â9 The âPlaceâ of Religion in the Italian Asylum Seekersâ Reception System: Constitutional, Legislative and Procedural Framework
âPaolo Bonetti
â10 On the Role of Religion in the Decision to Migrate
âLaura Zanfrini
â11 The âSpaceâ of Religion in the Assessment of Asylum Applications
âLaura Zanfrini
â12 On the Role of Religion in the Process of Adaptation of (Forced) Migrants
âLaura Zanfrini and Mario Antonelli
âReferences to Part 3
â13 Religion and Integration: Issues from International Literature
âAnnavittoria Sarli and Giulia Mezzetti
â14 Religious Persecution, Migrations and Practices in Faith-based Organizations: Some Recommendations from a Qualitative Study
âLucia Boccacin and Linda Lombi
â15 Interreligious Dialogue in the Governance of Migration and Inter-ethnic Cohabitation
âFabio Baggio
â16 The Multi-ethnic and Multi-Religious Transformation of the Largest Diocese in the World: the Church of Milan and the âSynod from the Peoplesâ
âLaura Zanfrini and Luca Bressan
âReferences to Part 4
â17 Migrations and Intergenerational Religious Transmission: Issues from International Literature
âDonatella Bramanti, Stefania Meda and Giovanna Rossi
â18 The Copts in Italy: Migration and Generosity
âBeatrice Nicolini
â19 Religious Belonging and (Forced) Migration: a Study on Migrant Coptic Families in Italy
âCristina Giuliani and Camillo Regalia
â20 Religious Belonging and (Forced) Migration: a Study on Migrant Coptic Minors in Italy
âGiovanni Giulio Valtolina and Paola Barachetti
âReferences to Part 5
â21 The Religious Dimension in Plural Schools: Institutional, Relational and Strategic Issues
âMaddalena Colombo
â22 Religious Belonging in Multicultural Schools: Freedom of Expression and Citizenship Values
âRosangela Lodigiani
â23 Religious Conflicts in Multicultural Schools: a Generational Divide between Students and Adults
âMariagrazia Santagati
â24 Religions and Laïcité in the French Republican School
âAlessandro Bergamaschi and Catherine Blaya
â25 Religious Education in Schools as a Necessity in a Secular State: the Perspective in Catalonia
âNúria Llevot-Calvet, Olga Bernad-Cavero and Jordi Garreta-Bochaca
âReferences to Part 6
Index
âNotes on Contributors
Part 1: Migrations and Religious Belonging: from Periphery to Core, for a New
â1 Introduction. General Description of the Study, Key Issues, and Provisional Conclusions
âLaura Zanfrini
â2 The Uncanny âReligiousâ Refugee: a Post-secular Perspective on Ethics of Hospitality
âPaolo Gomarasca
â3 Religion in Secularized and Post-secularized Europe
âMonica Martinelli
â4 Migration and Religious Freedom: the Legislative and Judicial Framework at International and European Level
âAndrea Santini and Monica Spatti
âReferences to Part 1
Part 2: Where (Forced) Migrations are Generated
â5 No Size Fits All: Diversity, State and Politics in the Contemporary Middle East
âPaolo Maggiolini, Andrea Plebani and Riccardo Redaelli
â6 Christians Navigating through Middle East Turbulences: the Case of the Copts in Egypt
âAlessia Melcangi and Paolo Maggiolini
â7 Religious Affiliations and Social Coexistence in the Islamic Middle East Countries
âGiancarlo Rovati
â8 Womenâs Rights and Shariâa Law in the
âVera Lomazzi
âReferences to Part 2
Part 3: The Religionâs Dimension in the Trajectories of (Forced) Migrants Directed to Italy
â9 The âPlaceâ of Religion in the Italian Asylum Seekersâ Reception System: Constitutional, Legislative and Procedural Framework
âPaolo Bonetti
â10 On the Role of Religion in the Decision to Migrate
âLaura Zanfrini
â11 The âSpaceâ of Religion in the Assessment of Asylum Applications
âLaura Zanfrini
â12 On the Role of Religion in the Process of Adaptation of (Forced) Migrants
âLaura Zanfrini and Mario Antonelli
âReferences to Part 3
Part 4: Religion, Faith-Based Organizations, Integration and Social Cohesion
â13 Religion and Integration: Issues from International Literature
âAnnavittoria Sarli and Giulia Mezzetti
â14 Religious Persecution, Migrations and Practices in Faith-based Organizations: Some Recommendations from a Qualitative Study
âLucia Boccacin and Linda Lombi
â15 Interreligious Dialogue in the Governance of Migration and Inter-ethnic Cohabitation
âFabio Baggio
â16 The Multi-ethnic and Multi-Religious Transformation of the Largest Diocese in the World: the Church of Milan and the âSynod from the Peoplesâ
âLaura Zanfrini and Luca Bressan
âReferences to Part 4
Part 5: Migrations, Intergenerational Relations and Families
â17 Migrations and Intergenerational Religious Transmission: Issues from International Literature
âDonatella Bramanti, Stefania Meda and Giovanna Rossi
â18 The Copts in Italy: Migration and Generosity
âBeatrice Nicolini
â19 Religious Belonging and (Forced) Migration: a Study on Migrant Coptic Families in Italy
âCristina Giuliani and Camillo Regalia
â20 Religious Belonging and (Forced) Migration: a Study on Migrant Coptic Minors in Italy
âGiovanni Giulio Valtolina and Paola Barachetti
âReferences to Part 5
Part 6: Religious Diversity in Italian Schools
â21 The Religious Dimension in Plural Schools: Institutional, Relational and Strategic Issues
âMaddalena Colombo
â22 Religious Belonging in Multicultural Schools: Freedom of Expression and Citizenship Values
âRosangela Lodigiani
â23 Religious Conflicts in Multicultural Schools: a Generational Divide between Students and Adults
âMariagrazia Santagati
â24 Religions and Laïcité in the French Republican School
âAlessandro Bergamaschi and Catherine Blaya
â25 Religious Education in Schools as a Necessity in a Secular State: the Perspective in Catalonia
âNúria Llevot-Calvet, Olga Bernad-Cavero and Jordi Garreta-Bochaca
âReferences to Part 6
Index
Students attending courses of Sociology, Law, Psychology, Political Science, International Relations, Theology; scholars of the above mentioned fields; religion educationâs teachers; people from cultural, charity, or faith-based organizations and NGOs; practitioners involved in the field of reception and integration of migrants and asylum seekers; policy-makers and public administration officers.