A Home for the 'Wandering Aramean'-In Germany

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ID3360145
AuthorsElke B Speliopoulos (0000-0001-5547-8907, Columbia International University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume13
Issue12
Pages1176
Publication date2022-12-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel13121176
OpenAlexW4310537514
LanguageEN
References cited20

Migration to Germany has been a fact of life for the average German since the 1960s. Immigrants started arriving from countries like Turkey, Spain, Greece, or Italy as a post-war labor force was invited to Germany to address workforce shortages. Many of these immigrants ultimately brought their families to live in Germany. One group of these newcomers was Aramean families of Syriac Orthodox faith, forced to flee the Tur Abdin region in southeast Turkey via Syria, Lebanon, and Northern Iraq. This paper will discuss the background and impetus for moving to the West for this immigrant group in detail. It will review the impacts on the life of devout Syriac Orthodox families while living in Germany, a secular country. It will also take an initial look at whether evangelical communities in Germany can come alongside this group, still suffering from a different kind of persecution: the "otherness" of living in Germany

Archaeology · Displaced person · Economic history · Economic shortage · Ethnology · Faith · Geography · German · Immigration · Persecution · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Theology · World War II · Gender Studies · German legal, social, and political studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Religion, Theology, and Education

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