Transnational Religious Connections*

Wuthnow, Robert; Offutt, Stephen

doi:10.1093/socrel/69.2.209

Cited by 85 publications

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“…The significance of religion for migrants' transnational practices has received some attention over the past years (Wuthnow and Offut, 2008;Levitt, 2007), including in the context of Islam (Bowen, 2004). However, little is known about the interconnections between remittances and the practice of Islamic alms giving-zakat.…”

Section: Religion -Zakat and Remittancesmentioning

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Who is the Money for? Remittances within and beyond the Household in Pakistan

Erdal

2012

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

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The household is usually the unit of analysis in the literature on migrant remittances, reflecting assumptions that remittances represent flows between family members and are pooled within households. By importing ideas from development studies and using the individual as the unit of analysis, this article challenges these assumptions and interrogates the household as a ‘black-box’ remittance-receiving entity. The study is based on a survey of remittance receivers in Pakistan, and a qualitative study of the Norway-Pakistan remittance corridor. The findings reveal that remittances in chain-migration often consist of transactions to targeted individuals within the household and to individuals beyond the household, exposing kinship, gender, and religious dimensions that are not as visible when the household is the unit of analysis.

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Section: Religion -Zakat and Remittancesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Who is the Money for? Remittances within and beyond the Household in Pakistan

Erdal

2012

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

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“…In the United States research has focused on the ability of religious institutions to facilitate the reformulating ethnic identity to allow for assimilation (Wuthnow and Offutt 2008;Cadge and Ecklund 2007). Religion is argued to be one site where the second generation defines their identity with regard to the ethnic culture of their parents and their own nationality (Levitt and Jaworsky 2007;Cadge and Ecklund 2007).…”

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Transnationalism among Second-Generation Muslim Americans: Being and Belonging in Their Transnational Social Field

Byng

2017

Social Sciences

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An increase in transnationalism, the ability of individuals and families to travel and maintain relationships across national borders, has led to questions about its impact on identity especially for the children of migrants. When combined with concerns about global and national security such as those that are associated with Muslims and Islam, then questions about the strength national identity are particularly pertinent. This analysis uses the theories of transnational social fields and intersectionality to examine the transnational experiences of second-generation Muslim Americans. It relies on qualitative interview data. The data show the intersection of their national, religious, and gender identities. It demonstrates that they experience transnational being in their parents' country of origin and belonging in the United States. Nationality, religion, and gender influence what they experience in each location. The analysis demonstrates the stability and centrality of American national identity in what second-generation Muslims experience in both locations. Moreover, their belonging in the United States rests squarely on their perceptions of themselves as Americans and their construction of their Muslim identity as an American religious identity.

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“…Transnational corporations and the economic interests of wealthy nations are arguably the most consequential purveyors of globalism, but expanding international networks of interpersonal and inter-institutional relationships also have globalising effects (Wuthnow and Offutt 2008). Global volunteerism has been rising for years (Sherraden 2006;Schultz et al 2009) and, with increased interaction between people in disparate parts of the world, the influence of western technology and media has also increased.…”

Section: Do Religious Network Help Mitigate Globalisation Pressures mentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of a transnational religious network in development in a weak state: the international links of the Episcopal Church of Sudan

Kinney¹

2012

Development in Practice

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A growing number of international networks, like those linking religious institutions, engage in development-related activities across the world. Improvements in technology and increased travel opportunities for international volunteers have given these networks new influence, with unknown implications for the trajectory of development, especially where states are weak. This paper examines the role of a transnational religious network in a newly formed nation: the Republic of South Sudan, where the dominant Episcopal Church has links with dioceses elsewhere in the Anglican Communion. Through field observations, interviews and a survey of US Episcopal Church links in other countries, preliminary evidence is presented about the real and potential impact of this emergent form of globalised solidarity.Le rôle d'un réseau religieux transnational dans le développement au sein d'un É tat faible : les liens internationaux de l'É glise épiscopale du Soudan Un nombre croissant de réseaux internationaux, comme ceux qui relient les institutions religieuses, participent à des activités liées au développement de par le monde. Les progrès technologiques et les occasions plus nombreuses de voyager pour les volontaires internationaux ont conféré à ces réseaux un regain d'influence, avec des implications inconnues concernant la trajectoire du développement, en particulier là où les É tats sont faibles. Ce document examine le rôle d'un réseau religieux transnational dans une nation nouvellement formée : la République du Sud-Soudan, où l'É glise épiscopale dominante entretient des liens avec des diocèses situés ailleurs dans la Communion anglicane. Grâce à des observations sur le terrain, des entretiens et une enquête sur les liens de l'É glise épiscopale des É tats-Unis avec d'autres pays, des données préliminaires sont présentées sur l'impact réel et potentiel de cette forme émergente de solidarité mondialisée.O papel de uma rede religiosa transnacional no desenvolvimento em um estado fraco: as ligações internacionais da Igreja Episcopal do Sudão Um número crescente de redes internacionais, como aquelas ligadas a instituições religiosas, engaja-se em atividades relacionadas ao desenvolvimento em todo o mundo. Avanços tecnoló-gicos e maiores oportunidades de viagem para voluntários internacionais têm dado a estas redes nova influência, com implicações desconhecidas para a trajetória do desenvolvimento,

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Transnational Religious Connections*

Cited by 85 publications

References 40 publications

Who is the Money for? Remittances within and beyond the Household in Pakistan

Who is the Money for? Remittances within and beyond the Household in Pakistan

Transnationalism among Second-Generation Muslim Americans: Being and Belonging in Their Transnational Social Field

The role of a transnational religious network in development in a weak state: the international links of the Episcopal Church of Sudan

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