Asian migrants and religious experience: from missionary journeys to labor mobility
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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Brown, Bernardo E. (HerausgeberIn), Yeoh, Brenda S. A. 1963- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2018]
Schriftenreihe:New mobilities in Asia 2
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Abstract: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
Umfang:346 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm
ISBN:9789462982321