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Religion and transnationalism: biographies of South Korean migrants – an empirical perspective
Soon Won JungHyo Seon LeeDetlef Garzsubject
Autobiographical narrativeReligiosityTransnationalityCompensation (psychology)Perspective (graphical)TransnationalismGender studiesResidenceNarrativeSociologySocial sciencedescription
As a result of studying interviews with Korean migrants (miners and nurses who moved to Germany and [some of them] further on to North America) we show how this group finds or “comes to religion”. After presenting a concept of religion, following the model of Ulrich Oevermann, parts of autobiographical narratives are analyzed and the complicated, intertwining and often conflicting relationships between religion and transnationalism are studied; we ask, among other things, if religion is becoming a compensation for moving back and forth between the home country and the country of residence. This discussion leads to further considerations concerning the connection between religion, church religiosity, and transnationality.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-01-02 | Transnational Social Review |