Identity and Marginality Among New Australians: Religion and Ethnicity in Victoria's Slavic Baptist Community

ISBN-13: 9783110179811 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 343 str.

Viktor Zander

Opis

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)

Recenzje

"The book will be of greatest interest to those who study the psychology and sociology of religious groups and religion in immgrant communities."Mary N. MacDonald 1/2006

O autorze

Revised PhD thesis from Deakin University, Victoria/Australia.