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Turning to or Away from Religion : The Role of Religion in the Lives of Romanian Migrants in the Czech Republic

DUBENSKÁ, Tereza and Adéla SOURALOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Turning to or Away from Religion : The Role of Religion in the Lives of Romanian Migrants in the Czech Republic

Authors

DUBENSKÁ, Tereza (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Adéla SOURALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Journal of Religion in Europe, Leiden, Brill, 2018, 1874-8910

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50401 Sociology

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/18:00100902

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

UT WoS

000430389600004

Keywords (in Czech)

náboženství; migrace; pravoslaví; náboženská identity

Keywords in English

religion; migration; orthodoxy; religious identity

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 22/2/2019 08:31, Mgr. Marika Hrubá

Abstract

V originále

This sociological interview-based study explores the religious experiences of Orthodox Romanians living in one particular city in the Czech Republic. Drawing on narrative interviews, the article investigates the roles and meanings of religion in post-migration everyday life. We distinguish two rather opposing forms of religious mobilization in the lives of Romanian migrants in Czech society. The first form emphasizes religion as a means of maintaining transnational ties and networks; the second stresses the liberation from religion and the (not only religious) structures of Romanian society through, after, and because of migration. While the first includes various forms of practising Romanian orthodoxy, the latter entails the secularization of migrants and their emphasis on not belonging to a transnational social field. The aim of this article is to illuminate how Romanian migrants in the Czech Republic make sense of religious practices and how they understand these practices in the context of their migration experience. The findings are carefully interpreted within the context of Czech society.

Links

GAP404/12/2531, research and development project
Name: Kolektivní paměť a proměna městského prostoru
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Collective memory and the transformation of urban space