A Diversity of Roles: The Actions Taken by Religious Communities in Sweden during the "Refugee Crisis" in 2015.

Autor/in	Lundgren, Linnea
Institution	Maecenata Institut für Philanthropie und Zivilgesellschaft
Titel	A Diversity of Roles: The Actions Taken by Religious Communities in Sweden during the "Refugee Crisis" in 2015.
Quelle	Berlin (2018), 33 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Opuscula. 107
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
ISSN	1868-1840
URN	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-56030-3
Schlagwörter	Sozialer Faktor; Rollenverständnis; Christ; Flüchtling; Krise; Muslim; Religion; Religionsgemeinschaft; Schweden; Migration; Migration; Zivilgesellschaft; Religion; Zivilgesellschaft; Krise; Religionsgemeinschaft; Christ; Flüchtling; Muslim; Schweden
Abstract	This study investigates the roles local religious communities took and how they balanced their religious and social role, as well as their critical voice in the support of refugees in Sweden during the so-called refugee crisis of 2015. Interviews were held with representatives from Christians and Muslim local congregations in a large Swedish city. Through the exploratory approach, this study can show that the local congregations acted and functioned in a manner strongly connected to how they view their role in society. In other words, the actions taken during a state of emergency by religious communities seems to be a representation of how they view their role in a state of normality. Three ideal types were identified; Emergency Responders, Community-based Continuers and Spiritual Integrators. The difference in how they combine the religious and social role, as well as the critical voice, clearly illustrates the complexity in presenting religious communities role in civil society in a unified manner.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2020/2