Debating Religion and Forced Migration Entanglements (Politics of Citizenship and Migration) - Hardcover

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Elżbieta M. Goździak is Visiting Professor in the Center for Migration Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland, and Adjunct Lecturer at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. From 2002 to 2018, she was Research Professor at the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) at Georgetown. In 2016, she was the George Soros Chair of Public Policy at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Previously, she served as an editor-in-chief of International Migration. Her recent books include: African Migration to Thailand: Race, Mobility, and Integration (co-edited with Supang Chantavanich, 2022); Human Trafficking as a New (In)Security Threat (2020); Europe and the Refugee Response: A Crisis of Values? (co-edited with I. Main and B. Suter, 2020); Children and Forced Migration: Durable Solutions during Transient Years (co-edited with Maris O. Ensor, 2017); Contested Childhoods: Growing Up in Migrancy (co-edited with Marie Louise Seeberg, 2016); andTrafficked Children and Youth in the United States: Reimagining Survivors (2016).

Izabella Main is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Ethnology at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland, and Director of the Centre for Migration Studies. In 2019 she was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in ISIM at Georgetown University, USA. She authored three monographs and more than 30 chapters and journal articles. She co-edited several volumes: Europe and the Refugee Response: A Crisis of Values? (with Elżbieta M. Goździak and Brigitte Suter, 2020); Not Useful Enough: The Struggle of Immigrants in the Local Labor Market (with Natalia Bloch and Karolina Sydow, 2015); In health and illness. Research in medical anthropology and other fields (with Danuta Penkala-Gawęcka and Anna Witeska-Młynarczyk, 2012); and Refugees: The Theory and practices (with Izabela Czerniejewska, 2009).

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“This volume casts new light on an age-old issue--the role of religion in forced migration. With chapters by both academics and practitioners, it contributes immensely to our knowledge of forced migration and religion.”

―Susan Martin, Donald G. Herzberg Professor Emerita of International Migration, Georgetown University

“A welcome addition to the expanding literature on religion and forced migration. It both expands the theoretical framing of how we think about the religion and forced migration nexus and enriches the available case studies. By combining perspectives from both advocates and scholars, this book breaks down the false dichotomy between them.”

―Dianna Shandy, Professor of Anthropology, Macalester College and Scholar-in-Residence, Elon University

This open access book brings into dialogue migration and religion scholars with spiritual leaders and representatives of faith-based organizations assisting refugees.  Migration has always been part of spiritual development. The current 'refugee crisis' has brought to the fore debates regarding the role of religion in defining difference, linking the ‘refugee crisis’ with Islam, and fear of the ‘Other.’ Many religious leaders and politicians invoke religious values and call for strict border controls while many humanitarians use religious values to welcome and assist refugees. This book focuses on politics and discourses mobilized by religious beliefs; lived experiences of religion; and faith actors’ responses to forced migration.

Elżbieta M. Goździak is Visiting Professor in the Center for Migration Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.

Izabella Main is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Ethnology and Director of the Centre for Migration Studies at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.