Conceptualizing Temporary Economic Migration to Kuwait
Migrant religious communities dot the landscape of every major city on the globe. Migrant churches formed by temporary economic migrants from India, the Philippines, Egypt and Nigeria are found in each of the six Arabian Gulf countries. How do we begin to understand the migrant churches in this regi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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| In: |
Mission studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 234-249 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kuwait
/ Migration
/ Economy
/ Religious community
/ Pentecostal churches
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CH Christianity and Society KBL Near East and North Africa KDG Free church |
| Further subjects: | B
temporary economic migration
diaspora (word)
Kuwait, Arabian Gulf
world Christianity
mission
socio-cultural
migrant church
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | Migrant religious communities dot the landscape of every major city on the globe. Migrant churches formed by temporary economic migrants from India, the Philippines, Egypt and Nigeria are found in each of the six Arabian Gulf countries. How do we begin to understand the migrant churches in this region? This article posits that migrant churches must be studied in light of their specific geographical contexts, the migratory system at work in their contexts, and with attention to the complexity embodied by the various types of migrants. We will employ this model to analyze the case of Kerala Pentecostal churches in Kuwait. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1573-3831 |
| Contains: | In: Mission studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341402 |