Identity and Marginality among New Australians : : Religion and Ethnicity in Victoria's Slavic Baptist Community / / Viktor Zander.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Zander, Viktor,
• MitwirkendeR: Donskikh, Oleg,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: Reprint 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Society , 39
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (327 p.)

In dieser Studie untersucht Viktor Zander die religiöse Migrantengemeinschaft slawischer Baptisten im Bundesstaat Victoria/Australien und ihren Identifikations- und Integrationsprozess innerhalb der australischen Gesellschaft. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die Bedeutung von Religion und Ethnizität im Prozess der Identitätsbildung slawischer Einwanderer und ihrer in Australien geborenen Kinder. Die Arbeit basiert auf der Feldforschung des Autors. Den theoretischen Bezugsrahmen der Studie bildet die sozialwissenschaftliche Theorie des Religionssoziologen Hans Mol, die hier anhand neuer Forschungsdaten einer Prüfung unterzogen wird.

This work deals with the identification and integration process of immigrants in Australia and the role that religion plays in this process. Viktor Zander investigates the immigrant community of Slavic Baptists in Victoria and analyzes the relationship between ethnic and religious identities as well as their social dynamics. "Identity" and "marginality" are addressed as crucial issues for Slavic immigrants and their Australian-born children. The work is based on the author’s field-research in the Slavic Baptist community in Victoria. Key Features Second volume in relaunch of the series "Religion and Society" (RS)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: Theoretical and Methodological Approach to Identity and Marginality and Its Application to the Slavic Baptist Community -- CHAPTER 2: Principles of Formation of the Main Groups within the Slavic Baptist Community and Their Description -- CHAPTER 3: Basic Attitudes to Ethnic and Religious Issues as Pointers to Identity and Marginality -- CHAPTER 4: Objectification: The Image and Understanding of God in the Identification Process -- CHAPTER 5: Ritual: Participation in Church Activities As a Manifestation of Religiosity -- CHAPTER 6: Identity and Marginality Unveiled through Commitment to the Ethnic Church -- CHAPTER 7: Identity and Marginality in the Light of Theory and Data -- APPENDIX 1: Concise History of Russian Protestantism: The Origin of Religious Marginality -- APPENDIX 2: Tables with Data from Interviews -- APPENDIX 3: Interview of a First-wave Immigrants’ Child -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Index of Modern Authors