Aleksandra Djuric Milovanovic

The Untold Journey of the Nazarene Emigration from Yugoslavia to North America (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

What role does religion play in migration processes? What is the reason behind migration of religious minorities? Is religious affiliation a deciding factor in choosing emigration? Some of these questions have been the focus of The Untold Journey of the Nazarene Emigration from Yugoslavia to North America. As the field of migration history is very broad both chronologically and geographically, Aleksandra Djuric Milovanovic focuses on the migration of religious minorities triggered by state repression and the socio-historical context of post-Second World War Yugoslavia. The history and development of the Nazarene communities is analyzed through the lens of religiously motivated persecution and migration from Yugoslavia to North America. The Nazarenes, known as Apostolical Christian Church (Nazarene) in North America, represents a fascinating case study which bring new insights into policies towards minority religions during the communist era, migration patterns, and integration mechanisms in the host country. This book is applicable to contemporary forced migration contexts and to the role of religious communities in supporting the integration of refugees and migrants across the world. The reasons for fleeing, migration paths, and routes, life in the refugee camps and settling into the new society are present in the narratives of present-day refugees and migrants fleeing from conflict or religious intolerance across the globe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666922776
• Artikelnr.: 74939305

Autorenporträt

Aleksandra Djuric Milovanovic is an anthropologist and senior research associate at the Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Belgrade, Serbia).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Religious Minorities on the Move
Chapter I: The Swiss Neutäufer or Evangelical Baptists: The Emergence and
Development of a New Religious Community
Chapter II: Nazarene Beginnings: Changing Religious Landscape at the Turn
of the Twentieth Century
Chapter III: First Wave Refugees: Narratives on Migration and Community
Change
Chapter IV: Nazarenes: The Pacifist Christians in Communist Yugoslavia
Chapter V: Apostolic Christian Church of Nazarene: Understanding Community
Transformation in a New Setting
Chapter VI: Transnational Religious Networks of the Apostolic Christian
Church of Nazarene
Conclusion
References
Index
About the Author