DOI: https://doi.org/10.17072/2078-7898/2020-3-486-493

Migration and religiousness

Nemanja Vukcevic
Ph.D. Student of the Department of Sociology and Management

Belgorod State Technological University named after V.G. Shukhov,
46, Kostyukov st., Belgorod, 308012, Russia;
e-mail: nemanja.vukcevic75@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3682-3888

The subject of the research is the relationship between the phenomena of religion and migrations. The problem of their interaction has been inherent in human society since the ancient times; this problem is relevant one in nova days too. The consequences and prospects of development of this complex phenomenon in contemporary society are not sufficiently examined in science yet, especially in Sociology. In the paper, the role of religion in migration processes is studied based on the analysis of various sources, synthesis, induction, analogy, and abstraction. In course of research were analyzed numerous religious treatises, fiction works and classical sociological works, as well as works by foreign and Russian contemporary academic authors. The paper notes that the migration discourse has now shifted from the geographic and demographic to the socio-political domain. Religion has begun to play an important role at all stages of migration, both from the perspective of neoliberal and humanistic approaches. The paper aims to identify the role of the religious factor in the migration process and the role and logic of migration not only in inter-faith but also in intra-faith relations. It is shown that migration either serves as a catalyst for religious feelings and behavior or it strengthens the existing religious identity of migrants and enhances the quality of their religious feelings. The study highlights the need to improve the legislative framework of religious freedom, but also raises the question of how far religious communities can go in the process of advancing religious practice. In this regard, migrations often become a challenge for a secular state. Therefore, it is concluded that only an integrated approach would contribute to solving this problem.

Keywords: migration, religiousness, state, church.

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Received 17.07.2020

For citation:

Vukcevic N. [Migration and religiousness]. Vestnik Permskogo universiteta. Filosofia. Psihologia. Sociologia [Perm University Herald. Philosophy. Psychology. Sociology], 2020, issue 3, pp. 486–493 (in Russian). DOI: https://doi.org/10.17072/2078-7898/2020-3-486-493