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The making of a transnational religion: Alevi movement in Germany and the World Alevi union

Abstract:
The literature on migrants’ religious movements generally see them as backward and conservative movements that are resistant to change. On the contrary, this paper shows that transnational religious movements are shaped by interactions between origin and destination places’ political, legal and social structures, and may take different pathways across time and place. Analysing the development of the Alevi diaspora movement in Germany and the recent efforts to establish the World Alevi Union, the article argues that both the (old and new) states and the (old and new) societies they live in, as well as broader paradigm changes and their agency have a direct influence on the ways migrants’ daily life practices alter in time.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1080/13530194.2019.1569304

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
International Development
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Unknown
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Publisher:
Routledge
Journal:
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies More from this journal
Volume:
46
Issue:
2
Pages:
259-273
Publication date:
2019-01-28
Acceptance date:
2019-01-11
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EISSN:
1469-3542
ISSN:
1353-0194


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English
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uuid:d9c21861-4eef-4b7e-a71b-6d3c2baa94f9
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959463
Deposit date:
2019-01-14

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