Religious organisations as political actors in the context of migration: Islam and orthodoxy in Austria

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1463-1481

  Permoser, Julia Mourão ^a   Rosenberger, Sieglinde ^a   Stoeckl, Kristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Austria; Church state relations; Immigrant integration; Religious actors; Religious governance

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CHURCH ROLE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; ISLAMISM; MINORITY GROUP; RELIGION;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 77958566388     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2010.500819     Document Type: Article

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