Bibliograph

Asian migrants and religious experience, from missionary journeys to labor mobility, edited by Bernardo E. Brown and Brenda S.A. Yeoh

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Asian migrants and religious experience, from missionary journeys to labor mobility, edited by Bernardo E. Brown and Brenda S.A. Yeoh

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Asian migrants and religious experience

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1051222493

Responsibility statement

edited by Bernardo E. Brown and Brenda S.A. Yeoh

Series statement

New mobilities in Asia, 2Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

from missionary journeys to labor mobility

Summary

Typically, scholars approach migrants' religions as a safeguard of cultural identity, something that connects migrants to their communities of origin. This ethnographic anthology challenges that position by reframing the religious experiences of migrants as a transformative force capable of refashioning narratives of displacement into journeys of spiritual awakening and missionary calling. These essays explore migrants' motivations in support of an argument that to travel inspires a search for new meaning in religion.--, Provided by publisher

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