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Synopsis
This book explores the roles of religion in the current refugee crisis of Europe. Combining sociological, philosophical, and theological accounts of this crisis, renowned scholars from across Europe examine how religion has been employed to call either for eliminating or for enforcing the walls around "Fortress Europe." Religion, they argue, is radically ambiguous, simultaneously causing social conflict and social cohesion in times of turmoil. Charting the constellations, the conflicts, and the consequences of the current refugee crisis, this book thus answers the need for succinct but sustained accounts of the intersections of religion and migration.
Synopsis
1 Introduction: Charting a Crisis
Part I
Constellations
2 Perceptions of Plurality: The Impact of the Refugee Crisis on the Interpretation of Religious Pluralization in Europe
3 Infiltrators, Imposters or Human Beings? The Slovenian Socio-Political Imaginary, Christianity, and the Responses to the 2015-2016 Migrant Crisis
4 Between Traditionalism, Fundamentalism, and Populism: A Critical Discourse Ana
lysis of the Media Coverage of the Migration Crisis in Poland
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Confronting the Current Refugee Crisis: The Importance of Islamic Citizens' Initiatives in Germany
6 Fearing the Faith of Others? Government, Religion, and Integration in Norway
Part II
Conflicts
7 Christianity in a Post-Christian Context: Immigration, Church Identity, and the Role of Religion in Public Debates
8 "Refugees" and the Problem of Identity in the UK
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Against the Manichees: Immigration Detention and the Shaping of the Theo-Political Imagination
10 None is Still Too Many: Holocaust Commemoration and Historical Anesthetization
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Part III
Consequences
12 Who are the People? Towards a Theological Ethics of Citizenship and Community
13 Turning a Curse into a Blessing? Theological Contributions to a Resource-Orientated Narrative on Migration in Europe
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14 Christ, the Stranger: The Theological Relevance of Migration
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16 Conclusion: The Theological Takeover
Synopsis
Offers critical and constructive accounts of the roles of religion in the current refugee crisis, written by scholars from across Europe
Analyzes and assesses religion both as a problem and as a promise in the European refugee crisis from the angles of all three Abrahamic faithsOpens up innovative approaches to the sociological, philosophical, and theological study of migration in Europe