Table of Contents

Introduction Maria Hämmerli and Jean-François Mayer PART I: Migration and Settlement 1 Romanian Orthodox Churches in Italy: The Construction of the Romanian–Italian Transnational Orthodox Space Suna Gülfer Ihlamur-Öner 2 The Myth of an Ideal Leader: The Case of the Syriac Orthodox Community in Europe Naures Atto 3 The Transformation of Social Capital among Assyrians in the Migration Context Soner Onder Barthoma 4 Orthodox Churches in Germany: From Migrant Groups to Permanent Homeland Reinhard Thöle 5 The Ambivalent Ecumenical Relations among Russian Orthodox Faithful in Germany Sebastian Rimestad and Ernest Kadotschnikow 6 How do Orthodox Integrate in their Host Countries? Examples from Switzerland Maria Hämmerli 7 The Orthodox Churches in the United Kingdom Hugh Wybrew 8 Population Movements and Orthodox Christianity in Finland: Dislocations, Resettlements, Migrations and Identities Tuomas Martikainen and Teuvo Laitila 9 Orthodox Parishes in Strasbourg: Between Migration and Integration Guillaume Keller 10 Orthodox Priests in Norway: Serving or Ruling? Berit Thorbjørnsrud PART II: Innovation 11 Not Just Caviar and Balalaikas: Unity and Division in Russian Orthodox Congregations in Denmark Annika Hvithamar 12 Mediating Orthodoxy: Convert Agency and Discursive Autochthonism in Ireland James A. Kapaló 13 The Great Athonite Tradition in France: Circulation of Athonite Imaginaries and the Emergence of a French Style of Orthodoxy Laurent Denizeau 14 ‘We are Westerners and Must Remain Westerners’: Orthodoxy and Western Rites in Western Europe Jean-François Mayer 15 Innovation in the Russian Orthodox Church: The Crisis in the Diocese of Sourozh in Britain Maria Hämmerli and Edmund Mucha

About the Author

Maria Hämmerli is a sociologist of religion and currently researches Orthodox Churches and their migration to traditionally non-Orthodox countries. Jean-François Mayer is Director of the Institute Religioscope. He is the author of ten books and numerous articles on contemporary religion.

Reviews

"By examining Orthodox migration and settlement in a historical perspective, the editors and authors of the book have managed to provide a much-needed contribution, not only to the study of Orthodoxy but toward the refinement of theoretical and methodological tools in the field of religion and migration."- Theoni Stathopoulou, National Centre for Social Research, Athens, Greece, Religion and Society in Central and Eastern Europe