Religion as a Political Resource
Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris
Authors: Schader, Miriam
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Miriam Schader shows that migrants can use religion as a resource for political involvement in their (new) country of residence – but under certain circumstances only. The author analyses the role religious networks and symbols play for the politicization and participation of Muslim and Christian migrants from sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris. Against the widely held belief that Islam is a ’political religion’ in itself, this study demonstrates that Christian migrants draw on their religion for political action more easily than their Muslim counterparts. It also highlights that it is not religion in general which helps migrants get politically active, but particular forms of religious organisations and particular theological elements.
- About the authors
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Miriam Schader is a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity.
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 17-26
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Three approaches to the political involvement of migrants – a short overview over the state of research and some theoretical considerations
Pages 27-58
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Methodology
Pages 59-79
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Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris
Pages 81-132
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Religion as an organisational resource: Religious self-organisation of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris
Pages 133-172
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Religion as a Political Resource
- Book Subtitle
- Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris
- Authors
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- Miriam Schader
- Series Title
- Veröffentlichungen der Sektion Religionssoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-658-16788-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-658-16788-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-658-16787-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 247
- Number of Illustrations
- 26 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
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