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Publication date: 2024
Studia Religiologica, 2022, Volume 55 Issue 2, pp. 171 - 191
https://doi.org/10.4467/20844077SR.22.011.17251Authors
The Responses of Religious Communities to Migration and the Transformation of a Quasi-Monopolistic Religious Market
This article investigates links between religion and migration processes through a study of religious communities’ approaches towards migrants. Drawing from the religious economy perspective, the paper explores the under-researched topic of the role of migration in the dynamics of a religious field in the context of Central and Eastern Europe. The qualitative research performed in 2020 in Krakow – one of the key destinations for migrants in Poland – confirms the claims of religious economy that monopolists and quasi-monopolists are usually more reluctant to adapt to social changes. On the other hand, less-privileged but entrepreneurial religious communities are more aware of migrants’ situation, and respond to their needs in the following ways: 1) providing cosmopolitan “temporary homes”; 2) bridging cultures; 3) setting up ethno-cultural service hubs. We argue that these kinds of engagements have significant implications for the dynamics inside the religious market.
* The research behind this article was funded by the Krakow University of Economics within the project POTENCJAŁ no 32/GPM/2021/POT.
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Information: Studia Religiologica, 2022, Volume 55 Issue 2, pp. 171 - 191
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The Responses of Religious Communities to Migration and the Transformation of a Quasi-Monopolistic Religious Market
The Responses of Religious Communities to Migration and the Transformation of a Quasi-Monopolistic Religious Market
Kraków University of Economics, Kraków, Poland
Jagiellonian University, Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, ul. Gołębia 9, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
Cracow University of Economics, Department of European Studies
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