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Religion in the European Refugee Crisis.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (318 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319679617
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 201.76287
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Contents:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Charts -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Charting a Crisis -- Concept(s) of Crisis -- Religion in the Refugee Crisis -- Constellations -- Conflicts -- Consequences -- Part I: Constellations -- Chapter 2: Perceptions of Plurality: The Impact of the Refugee Crisis on the Interpretation of Religious Pluralization in Europe -- Theoretical Reflections: Migration, Integration, and Social Threat -- Theoretical Reflections: The Clash of Civilizations, Religious Plurality, and Islamophobia -- Empirical Explorations: The Fear of Refugees as a Fear of Religious Pluralization? -- Empirical Exploration: Islam, Critique of Islam, and the Role of the Media -- Conclusion: The Refugee Crisis as Impulse Behind the Impact of Religious Pluralism on Society -- Chapter 3: Infiltrators, Imposters, or Human Beings? The Slovenian Socio-Political Imaginary, Christianity, and the Responses to the 2015-2016 Migrant Crisis -- Religion(ism) and Populism in Post-Communist Central Europe -- The Slovenian Socio-Political Imaginary -- Slovenians, Islam, and Anti-Muslimism -- Responses by Two Christian Communities -- Slovenian Catholic Responses to the Migrant Crisis -- Slovenian Adventist Responses to the Migrant Crisis -- Concluding Comparative Reflection -- Chapter 4: Between Traditionalism, Fundamentalism, and Populism: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Media Coverage of the Migration Crisis in Poland -- Methods -- Data Collection -- Selection and Sampling -- Analysis -- Findings -- European Migration Hot Spots -- The (Ir)Religious Future of Europe -- The Poles Are Helping -- The Catholic Church Is Helping -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Confronting the Current Refugee Crisis: The Importance of Islamic Citizens' Initiatives in Germany -- Perceptions of the Current Refugee Crisis Among Muslims.
Escape and Emigration in Islam -- The Refugee Relief of Islamic Associations in Germany -- The Perception of Islam Among the German Population -- Islamic Identity in the Current Refugee Crisis -- Chapter 6: Fearing the Faith of Others? Government, Religion, and Integration in Norway -- Globalization and the "Return of Religion" -- Migration and Religion -- A Refugee Crisis in Norway? -- Religious Demography in Transformation -- The Policy Debate: From Integration to Assimilation? -- Religion and Integration: Fearing the Faith of Others? -- Part II: Conflicts -- Chapter 7: Christianity in a Post-Christian Context: Immigration, Church Identity, and the Role of Religion in Public Debates -- Immigration into Sweden: A Short Overview -- The Church of Sweden: Former State Church-Still Majority Church -- Sweden: A Secularized Society? -- The "#mycross" Debate -- The Church of Sweden and Islam -- Antagonism and Agonism in Swedish Debates About Religion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: "Refugees" and the Problem of Identity in the UK -- Personal Identity, Group Identity, and Identity Politics -- Nationality and Identity -- Refugees, Migration, and National Identity in the UK -- Religion and Identity -- The Return of Integration -- Refugees: The New Dynamic of Resettlement -- "Rolls-Royce" Treatment? -- Moral Identity: Refugees and Religions -- Chapter 9: Against the Manichees: Immigration Detention and the Shaping of the  Theo-­political Imagination -- Immigration Detention in the UK/European Context -- Detention: The Temporal Paradox of Visibility and Invisibility -- William Cavanagh -- St. Augustine: Evil as Privation of the Good -- Augustine and Detention -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: None Is Still Too Many: Holocaust Commemoration and Historical Anesthetization -- A Place of Refuge? -- Contested Memory -- Learning from the Past.
Chapter 11: "We Can Do This!" Tackling the Political Theology of Populism -- Pegida's Performances -- Pegida's Propositions -- Populisms à la Pegida -- Part III: Consequences -- Chapter 12: Who are the People? Toward a Theological Ethics of Citizenship and Community -- "We the People": The People as the Foundation of Modern Statehood -- The Critique of the Self-Constitution of the State: The Theological Quest for a Transcendent Legitimization of Statehood -- The Grammar of the Conflict: Competing Conceptualizations of Human Rights -- Targeted "Democratic Iterations": A Focus for a Theological Ethics from a Protestant Perspective -- Chapter 13: Turning a Curse into a Blessing? Theological Contributions to a Resource-Orientated Narrative on Migration in Europe -- Flight and Migration as a "Curse?" -- A Social Scientific Approach -- The Global Context -- Types and Meanings of Migration -- Migration as a Driving Force for Socio-religious Transformation -- A Biblical-Theological Approach -- The Global Context -- Types and Meanings of Migration -- Migration as a Driving Force for Socio-religious Transformation -- The Catholic Teaching on Migration -- Consequences? -- Chapter 14: Christ, the Stranger: The Theological Relevance of Migration -- The Treason of the Theologians: Faith Seeking Relevance -- The Marginalization of Faith: Migration and Method -- Faith Revived: Migration and the Letting Go of Europe's Christian Identity -- Christ, the Stranger: From the Incarnation to the Broken Situation -- The Cosmic Christ: A Metaphysics of Migration -- Conclusion: Inviting Christ -- Chapter 15: What Does It Mean To Be a Progressive Intellectual after the Refugee Crisis in Europe? A Dialogue with Tariq Ramadan -- Dialogical Monologue with Western Muslims -- Richard Rorty -- Jürgen Habermas -- The Relevance of Tariq Ramadan -- Western Islam?.
The West as "the Abode of Responsibility" -- Radicalizing Tariq Ramadan -- Chapter 16: Conclusion: The Theological Takeover -- Civil and Uncivil Theology -- Public Scholars Between Analysis and Advocacy -- Index.
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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Charts -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Charting a Crisis -- Concept(s) of Crisis -- Religion in the Refugee Crisis -- Constellations -- Conflicts -- Consequences -- Part I: Constellations -- Chapter 2: Perceptions of Plurality: The Impact of the Refugee Crisis on the Interpretation of Religious Pluralization in Europe -- Theoretical Reflections: Migration, Integration, and Social Threat -- Theoretical Reflections: The Clash of Civilizations, Religious Plurality, and Islamophobia -- Empirical Explorations: The Fear of Refugees as a Fear of Religious Pluralization? -- Empirical Exploration: Islam, Critique of Islam, and the Role of the Media -- Conclusion: The Refugee Crisis as Impulse Behind the Impact of Religious Pluralism on Society -- Chapter 3: Infiltrators, Imposters, or Human Beings? The Slovenian Socio-Political Imaginary, Christianity, and the Responses to the 2015-2016 Migrant Crisis -- Religion(ism) and Populism in Post-Communist Central Europe -- The Slovenian Socio-Political Imaginary -- Slovenians, Islam, and Anti-Muslimism -- Responses by Two Christian Communities -- Slovenian Catholic Responses to the Migrant Crisis -- Slovenian Adventist Responses to the Migrant Crisis -- Concluding Comparative Reflection -- Chapter 4: Between Traditionalism, Fundamentalism, and Populism: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Media Coverage of the Migration Crisis in Poland -- Methods -- Data Collection -- Selection and Sampling -- Analysis -- Findings -- European Migration Hot Spots -- The (Ir)Religious Future of Europe -- The Poles Are Helping -- The Catholic Church Is Helping -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Confronting the Current Refugee Crisis: The Importance of Islamic Citizens' Initiatives in Germany -- Perceptions of the Current Refugee Crisis Among Muslims.

Escape and Emigration in Islam -- The Refugee Relief of Islamic Associations in Germany -- The Perception of Islam Among the German Population -- Islamic Identity in the Current Refugee Crisis -- Chapter 6: Fearing the Faith of Others? Government, Religion, and Integration in Norway -- Globalization and the "Return of Religion" -- Migration and Religion -- A Refugee Crisis in Norway? -- Religious Demography in Transformation -- The Policy Debate: From Integration to Assimilation? -- Religion and Integration: Fearing the Faith of Others? -- Part II: Conflicts -- Chapter 7: Christianity in a Post-Christian Context: Immigration, Church Identity, and the Role of Religion in Public Debates -- Immigration into Sweden: A Short Overview -- The Church of Sweden: Former State Church-Still Majority Church -- Sweden: A Secularized Society? -- The "#mycross" Debate -- The Church of Sweden and Islam -- Antagonism and Agonism in Swedish Debates About Religion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: "Refugees" and the Problem of Identity in the UK -- Personal Identity, Group Identity, and Identity Politics -- Nationality and Identity -- Refugees, Migration, and National Identity in the UK -- Religion and Identity -- The Return of Integration -- Refugees: The New Dynamic of Resettlement -- "Rolls-Royce" Treatment? -- Moral Identity: Refugees and Religions -- Chapter 9: Against the Manichees: Immigration Detention and the Shaping of the  Theo-­political Imagination -- Immigration Detention in the UK/European Context -- Detention: The Temporal Paradox of Visibility and Invisibility -- William Cavanagh -- St. Augustine: Evil as Privation of the Good -- Augustine and Detention -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: None Is Still Too Many: Holocaust Commemoration and Historical Anesthetization -- A Place of Refuge? -- Contested Memory -- Learning from the Past.

Chapter 11: "We Can Do This!" Tackling the Political Theology of Populism -- Pegida's Performances -- Pegida's Propositions -- Populisms à la Pegida -- Part III: Consequences -- Chapter 12: Who are the People? Toward a Theological Ethics of Citizenship and Community -- "We the People": The People as the Foundation of Modern Statehood -- The Critique of the Self-Constitution of the State: The Theological Quest for a Transcendent Legitimization of Statehood -- The Grammar of the Conflict: Competing Conceptualizations of Human Rights -- Targeted "Democratic Iterations": A Focus for a Theological Ethics from a Protestant Perspective -- Chapter 13: Turning a Curse into a Blessing? Theological Contributions to a Resource-Orientated Narrative on Migration in Europe -- Flight and Migration as a "Curse?" -- A Social Scientific Approach -- The Global Context -- Types and Meanings of Migration -- Migration as a Driving Force for Socio-religious Transformation -- A Biblical-Theological Approach -- The Global Context -- Types and Meanings of Migration -- Migration as a Driving Force for Socio-religious Transformation -- The Catholic Teaching on Migration -- Consequences? -- Chapter 14: Christ, the Stranger: The Theological Relevance of Migration -- The Treason of the Theologians: Faith Seeking Relevance -- The Marginalization of Faith: Migration and Method -- Faith Revived: Migration and the Letting Go of Europe's Christian Identity -- Christ, the Stranger: From the Incarnation to the Broken Situation -- The Cosmic Christ: A Metaphysics of Migration -- Conclusion: Inviting Christ -- Chapter 15: What Does It Mean To Be a Progressive Intellectual after the Refugee Crisis in Europe? A Dialogue with Tariq Ramadan -- Dialogical Monologue with Western Muslims -- Richard Rorty -- Jürgen Habermas -- The Relevance of Tariq Ramadan -- Western Islam?.

The West as "the Abode of Responsibility" -- Radicalizing Tariq Ramadan -- Chapter 16: Conclusion: The Theological Takeover -- Civil and Uncivil Theology -- Public Scholars Between Analysis and Advocacy -- Index.

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