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 – 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 – 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.
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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).
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction. General Description of the Study, Key Issues, and Provisional Conclusions
Laura Zanfrini
2 The Uncanny “Religious” Refugee: a Post-secular Perspective on Ethics of Hospitality
Paolo Gomarasca
3 Religion in Secularized and Post-secularized Europe
Monica Martinelli
4 Migration and Religious Freedom: the Legislative and Judicial Framework at International and European Level
Andrea Santini and Monica Spatti
References to Part 1
5 No Size Fits All: Diversity, State and Politics in the Contemporary Middle East
Paolo Maggiolini, Andrea Plebani and Riccardo Redaelli
6 Christians Navigating through Middle East Turbulences: the Case of the Copts in Egypt
Alessia Melcangi and Paolo Maggiolini
7 Religious Affiliations and Social Coexistence in the Islamic Middle East Countries
Giancarlo Rovati
8 Women’s Rights and Shari‘a Law in the
MENA
Region
Vera Lomazzi
References to Part 2
9 The “Place” of Religion in the Italian Asylum Seekers’ Reception System: Constitutional, Legislative and Procedural Framework
Paolo Bonetti
10 On the Role of Religion in the Decision to Migrate
Laura Zanfrini
11 The “Space” of Religion in the Assessment of Asylum Applications
Laura Zanfrini
12 On the Role of Religion in the Process of Adaptation of (Forced) Migrants
Laura Zanfrini and Mario Antonelli
References to Part 3
13 Religion and Integration: Issues from International Literature
Annavittoria Sarli and Giulia Mezzetti
14 Religious Persecution, Migrations and Practices in Faith-based Organizations: Some Recommendations from a Qualitative Study
Lucia Boccacin and Linda Lombi
15 Interreligious Dialogue in the Governance of Migration and Inter-ethnic Cohabitation
Fabio Baggio
16 The Multi-ethnic and Multi-Religious Transformation of the Largest Diocese in the World: the Church of Milan and the “Synod from the Peoples”
Laura Zanfrini and Luca Bressan
References to Part 4
17 Migrations and Intergenerational Religious Transmission: Issues from International Literature
Donatella Bramanti, Stefania Meda and Giovanna Rossi
18 The Copts in Italy: Migration and Generosity
Beatrice Nicolini
19 Religious Belonging and (Forced) Migration: a Study on Migrant Coptic Families in Italy
Cristina Giuliani and Camillo Regalia
20 Religious Belonging and (Forced) Migration: a Study on Migrant Coptic Minors in Italy
Giovanni Giulio Valtolina and Paola Barachetti
References to Part 5
21 The Religious Dimension in Plural Schools: Institutional, Relational and Strategic Issues
Maddalena Colombo
22 Religious Belonging in Multicultural Schools: Freedom of Expression and Citizenship Values
Rosangela Lodigiani
23 Religious Conflicts in Multicultural Schools: a Generational Divide between Students and Adults
Mariagrazia Santagati
24 Religions and Laïcité in the French Republican School
Alessandro Bergamaschi and Catherine Blaya
25 Religious Education in Schools as a Necessity in a Secular State: the Perspective in Catalonia
Núria Llevot-Calvet, Olga Bernad-Cavero and Jordi Garreta-Bochaca
References to Part 6
Index
Notes on Contributors
Part 1: Migrations and Religious Belonging: from Periphery to Core, for a New
1 Introduction. General Description of the Study, Key Issues, and Provisional Conclusions
Laura Zanfrini
2 The Uncanny “Religious” Refugee: a Post-secular Perspective on Ethics of Hospitality
Paolo Gomarasca
3 Religion in Secularized and Post-secularized Europe
Monica Martinelli
4 Migration and Religious Freedom: the Legislative and Judicial Framework at International and European Level
Andrea Santini and Monica Spatti
References to Part 1
Part 2: Where (Forced) Migrations are Generated
5 No Size Fits All: Diversity, State and Politics in the Contemporary Middle East
Paolo Maggiolini, Andrea Plebani and Riccardo Redaelli
6 Christians Navigating through Middle East Turbulences: the Case of the Copts in Egypt
Alessia Melcangi and Paolo Maggiolini
7 Religious Affiliations and Social Coexistence in the Islamic Middle East Countries
Giancarlo Rovati
8 Women’s Rights and Shari‘a Law in the
Vera Lomazzi
References to Part 2
Part 3: The Religion’s Dimension in the Trajectories of (Forced) Migrants Directed to Italy
9 The “Place” of Religion in the Italian Asylum Seekers’ Reception System: Constitutional, Legislative and Procedural Framework
Paolo Bonetti
10 On the Role of Religion in the Decision to Migrate
Laura Zanfrini
11 The “Space” of Religion in the Assessment of Asylum Applications
Laura Zanfrini
12 On the Role of Religion in the Process of Adaptation of (Forced) Migrants
Laura Zanfrini and Mario Antonelli
References to Part 3
Part 4: Religion, Faith-Based Organizations, Integration and Social Cohesion
13 Religion and Integration: Issues from International Literature
Annavittoria Sarli and Giulia Mezzetti
14 Religious Persecution, Migrations and Practices in Faith-based Organizations: Some Recommendations from a Qualitative Study
Lucia Boccacin and Linda Lombi
15 Interreligious Dialogue in the Governance of Migration and Inter-ethnic Cohabitation
Fabio Baggio
16 The Multi-ethnic and Multi-Religious Transformation of the Largest Diocese in the World: the Church of Milan and the “Synod from the Peoples”
Laura Zanfrini and Luca Bressan
References to Part 4
Part 5: Migrations, Intergenerational Relations and Families
17 Migrations and Intergenerational Religious Transmission: Issues from International Literature
Donatella Bramanti, Stefania Meda and Giovanna Rossi
18 The Copts in Italy: Migration and Generosity
Beatrice Nicolini
19 Religious Belonging and (Forced) Migration: a Study on Migrant Coptic Families in Italy
Cristina Giuliani and Camillo Regalia
20 Religious Belonging and (Forced) Migration: a Study on Migrant Coptic Minors in Italy
Giovanni Giulio Valtolina and Paola Barachetti
References to Part 5
Part 6: Religious Diversity in Italian Schools
21 The Religious Dimension in Plural Schools: Institutional, Relational and Strategic Issues
Maddalena Colombo
22 Religious Belonging in Multicultural Schools: Freedom of Expression and Citizenship Values
Rosangela Lodigiani
23 Religious Conflicts in Multicultural Schools: a Generational Divide between Students and Adults
Mariagrazia Santagati
24 Religions and Laïcité in the French Republican School
Alessandro Bergamaschi and Catherine Blaya
25 Religious Education in Schools as a Necessity in a Secular State: the Perspective in Catalonia
Núria Llevot-Calvet, Olga Bernad-Cavero and Jordi Garreta-Bochaca
References to Part 6
Index
Students attending courses of Sociology, Law, Psychology, Political Science, International Relations, Theology; scholars of the above mentioned fields; religion education’s 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.