Incense and Holy Bread: Middle Eastern Christians and their ritual encounters with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark

Lise Paulsen Galal, Sara Lei Sparre

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Abstract

In Denmark, Christian immigrants from the Middle East encounter a Christian church very different from the churches to which they belong. After the first relief having arrived in a Christian country, Middle Eastern congregations are on a very practical level confronted with their differences vis-à-vis the Danish Church and its congregations, for example, when borrowing the local Church for services or asking for ordination within the Danish Church. The encounters are not only ritually narrated, but do also influence ritual practices, meaning and regulation.
In this paper we want to explore how Middle Eastern Christian congregations negotiate their ritual practices and values in encounters with and dependence on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark. Analytically our focus is on constructions of difference and sameness through ritual practices as well as ascription of meaning and ontological value to specific rituals. This paper is based on fieldwork and survey findings from early 2014 and is part of a larger cross-disciplinary study of Christians of Egyptian, Iraqi and Assyrian background in Denmark and their religious identity formation as immigrants.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Publikationsdatoaug. 2014
StatusUdgivet - aug. 2014
Begivenhed17th Nordic Migration Conference: Flows, Places and Boundaries – Migratory Challenges and New Agendas - Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Danmark
Varighed: 13 aug. 201415 aug. 2014
Konferencens nummer: 17th Migration Research Conference
https://imer.w.uib.no/event/flows-places-boundaries-migratory-challenges-new-agendas/
http://www.sfi.dk/17th_nordic_migration_conference-12235.aspx

Konference

Konference17th Nordic Migration Conference
Nummer17th Migration Research Conference
LokationCopenhagen University
Land/OmrådeDanmark
ByCopenhagen
Periode13/08/201415/08/2014
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