Orthodox identities in western Europe : migration, settlement, and innovation / edited by Maria Hämmerli and Jean-François Mayer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Introduction -- Part I. Migration and Settlement: Romanian Orthodox churches in Italy: the construction of the Romanian-Italian transnational Orthodox space / Suna Gülfer Ihlamur-Öner -- The myth of an ideal leader: the case of the Syriac Orthodox community in Europe / Naures Atto -- The transformation of social capital among Assyrians in the migration context / Soner Onder Barthoma -- Orthodox churches in Germany: from migrant groups to permanent homeland / Reinhard Thöle -- The ambivalent ecumenical relations among Russian Orthodox faithful in Germany / Sebastian Rimestad and Ernest Kadotschnikow -- How do Orthodox integrate in their host countries? Examples from Switzerland / Maria Hämmerli -- The Orthodox churches in the United Kingdom / Hugh Wybrew -- Population movements and Orthodox Christianity in Finland: dislocations, resettlements, migrations and identities / Tuomas Martikainen and Teovu Laitila -- Orthodox parishes in Strasbourg: between migration and integration / Guillaume Keller -- Orthodox priests in Norway: serving or ruling? / Berit Thorbjoørnsrud -- Part II. Innovation: Not just caviar and balalaikas: unity and division in Russian Orthodox congregations in Denmark / Annika Hvithamar -- Mediating Orthodoxy: convert agency and discursive autochthonism in Ireland / James A. Kapalo -- The Great Athonite tradition in France: circulation of Athonite imaginaries and the emergence of a French style of Orthodoxy / Laurent Denizeau -- 'We are Westerners and must remain Westerners': Orthodoxy and Western rites in Western Europe / Jean-Francois Mayer -- Innovation in the Russian Orthodox Church: the crisis in the diocese of Sourozh in Britain / Maria Hammerli and Edmund Mucha -- Index.

The Orthodox migration in the West matters, despite its unobtrusive presence. And it matters in a way that has not yet been explored in social and religious studies: in terms of size, geographical scope, theological input and social impact. This book explores the adjustment of Orthodox migrants and their churches to Western social and religious contexts in different scenarios. This variety is consistent with Orthodox internal diversity regarding ethnicity, migration circumstances, Church-State relations and in line with the specificities of the receiving country in terms of religious landscap.

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