Religion, Diaspora and Pluralism
A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 1172
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue on Religion, Diaspora and Pluralism seeks to investigate diasporic encounters of religions with various types of pluralism, including religious pluralism, cultural pluralism, and value and norm pluralism. While Religion and Diaspora has been extensively researched in recent decades to determine how religion transforms and is transformed by the diaspora experience, the intersection of religious communities with different types of pluralism specific to host societies, as well as the resulting dynamics, remain understudied.
We welcome submissions that analyze the interactions between diaspora communities and religious, cultural and ethical diversity across various regions, religions, and cultural contexts. The submissions shall look at the complex challenges to which diasporic religious communities are exposed when they encounter various types of pluralism, the ways they develop in reaction to these challenges, and the dynamic relationship between religions in diaspora and diversity. They should also explore how diaspora populations navigate multiple religious identities, practices, and traditions in both their host and home countries. Papers addressing hybridity, authenticity, and power in the context of religions confronted with pluralism are also welcome.
This Special Issue aims to advance our understanding of the relationship between diaspora populations, religions and diversity, and its implications for global societies. Submissions from scholars across disciplines such as religious studies, theology, anthropology, sociology, political science, and cultural studies are encouraged. By bringing together interdisciplinary scholarship on this topic, we aim to offer insights into the ways in which pluralism shapes the lives and identities of religious diaspora populations.
Furthermore, this Special Issue aims to add a variety of new viewpoints and empirical discoveries to the current literature on religion, diaspora, and pluralism. Uniting researchers from other disciplines and investigating a variety of case studies from various geographic regions, this Special Issue will provide a forum for critical engagement with the theoretical frameworks that form our understanding of diaspora identities, religion, and diversity. Finally, the ethical and political implications of our research, which sheds light on how diasporic religions interfering with pluralism shape heterogenous societies, will lend this Special Issue relevance beyond scholarly circles.
Dr. Alina Pătru
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- religion and diaspora
- religious pluralism
- cultural pluralism
- ethical pluralism
- diversity
- values
- norms
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