Religion and Migration
Christian Missionaries in North America, Muslim Populations in Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20081603 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Becker‐Cantarino (corresponding author), Barbara Becker-Cantarino |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 5-40 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Migration and religion (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789401208116_002 |
| Wikidata | Q120597993 |
| OpenAlex | W971086538 |
| ISBN | 9789401208116 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Religion — Christianity — was an important factor in European transatlantic migrations; religion — Islam — is a major issue in the immigration debate in “postsecular” Germany (and Europe) today. Looking at Christianity and Islam, transnational and diachronic considerations reveal the communalities and differences in the effects of religion on migration over time and space, can speak to each other, and take away the notion of uniqueness. In this essay, I selectively summarize recent historical research on migration and religion with regard to the US and Germany. Secondly, I offer a brief overview of religion and migration in the early modern period focusing on transatlantic Christian missions from central Europe (Germanspeaking countries). Finally, I address the debate about the new Muslim migration in contemporary Germany with an eye towards the Turkish German community and to aspects of gender and religion. I argue that the same missionary impulse to spatial conquest and new community building is inherent in both, Christianity and Islam. While the modalities for migration have vastly changed over time, a traditionally Christian Germany has to negotiate now the ideas and interests of Islam’s religious functionaries and the religiosity of transnational Islamic communities
Ancient history · Ethnology · Geography · Christian Theology and Mission · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2018 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |