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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808024903321

Autore

Sheringham Olivia <1981->

Titolo

Transnational religious spaces : faith and the Brazilian migration experience / / Olivia Sheringham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

ISBN

1-349-44502-9

1-137-27282-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Migration, diasporas and citizenship series

Disciplina

305.6/70896980421

Soggetti

Brazilians - England - London - Religion

Immigrants - Brazil

Immigrants - England - London

Transnationalism

Religions

Brazil Emigration and immigration

London (England) Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Theoretical and contextual frames -- pt. 2. Living religion transnationally among Brazilians in London and 'back home'.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the role of religion in the lives of Brazilian migrants in London and on their return 'back home'. Working with the notion of religion as lived experience, it moves beyond rigid denominational boundaries and examines how and where religion is practiced in migrants' everyday lives.