Jains in Switzerland: Establishment and Dissolution of a Universal Jain Community
There are 120 Jains living in Switzerland today. Desiring to exchange information about their religion and to expand their knowledge, they started to meet in 2008. This initiated a community-building process in which Jains of different branches took part. Such a process, as well as the diaspora situ...
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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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2024
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| In: |
Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2024, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 316-340 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Switzerland
/ Jains
/ Diaspora (Religion)
/ Religious community
/ Assembly
/ Adaptation
/ Knowledge communication
/ History 1970-2021
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBC Switzerland RB Church office; congregation TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
community-building
B religious transformations B Diaspora B community dissolution B Switzerland B Jain |
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| Summary: | There are 120 Jains living in Switzerland today. Desiring to exchange information about their religion and to expand their knowledge, they started to meet in 2008. This initiated a community-building process in which Jains of different branches took part. Such a process, as well as the diaspora situation itself, is always connected with negotiations and religious transformations, which is also evident in the Swiss context. Following the common meetings, a distinct form of Jainism was created in Switzerland. This new form is supradenominational and universal and based on aspects such as vegetarianism, environmentalism, and nonviolence. Additionally, the Swiss Jains developed new strategies of knowledge transfer. This article focuses on not only the formation of a Swiss Jain community but also its dissolution as no common gatherings have taken place since 2016. Therefore, factors are named that can lead to the dissolution of a community. |
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| ISSN: | 1874-8929 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748929-bja10115 |
