The Complexity of Survival: Asylum Seekers, Resilience and Religion
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The Complexity of Survival: Asylum Seekers, Resilience and Religion. / Lorensen, Marlene Ringgaard; Buch-Hansen, Gitte.
Faith in the system? Religion in the (Danish) asylum system . red. / Marie Juul Petersen; Steffen Bo Jensen. Aalborg Universitetsforlag, 2019. s. 113-124 10.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - CHAP
T1 - The Complexity of Survival: Asylum Seekers, Resilience and Religion
AU - Lorensen, Marlene Ringgaard
AU - Buch-Hansen, Gitte
PY - 2019/11
Y1 - 2019/11
N2 - A growing number of asylum seekers with a Muslim background chooseto get baptized as Christians while their application is being treated. Thepractice of conversion among asylum seekers from the Middle East ischarged with critique and suspicion from government authorities andthe general public. The former Danish Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs,Bertel Haarder, has suggested that pastors should refrain from baptizingmigrants who are in the process of applying for asylum. The Minister’sadvice is problematic for a number of reasons: primarily, as it appears toreduce conversion to a simple instrument for obtaining asylum. In thisarticle, we show how the recommendation by the Danish Minister forEcclesiastical Affairs ignores the complexity of motives involved in thechange of religious affiliation. By the aid of Bourdieu’s theory of socialcapital, we demonstrate how conversion is also a way of existential survival in a situation of social liminality and psychological insecurity.
AB - A growing number of asylum seekers with a Muslim background chooseto get baptized as Christians while their application is being treated. Thepractice of conversion among asylum seekers from the Middle East ischarged with critique and suspicion from government authorities andthe general public. The former Danish Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs,Bertel Haarder, has suggested that pastors should refrain from baptizingmigrants who are in the process of applying for asylum. The Minister’sadvice is problematic for a number of reasons: primarily, as it appears toreduce conversion to a simple instrument for obtaining asylum. In thisarticle, we show how the recommendation by the Danish Minister forEcclesiastical Affairs ignores the complexity of motives involved in thechange of religious affiliation. By the aid of Bourdieu’s theory of socialcapital, we demonstrate how conversion is also a way of existential survival in a situation of social liminality and psychological insecurity.
M3 - Book chapter
SP - 113
EP - 124
BT - Faith in the system? Religion in the (Danish) asylum system
A2 - Petersen, Marie Juul
A2 - Jensen, Steffen Bo
PB - Aalborg Universitetsforlag
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