migration,
religion,
studies of (im)migration,
"parallel societies",
the Italian sociological school,
study of (im)migration in Germany,
ghettoization,
study of (im)migration in the Scandinavian countries
Abstract
The article reviews the main trends in the academic research on interrelationship between migration and religion. Some researchers focus on changes in the religious space under the influence of migration, the de-territorialization of religions, and the transformation of religious institutions into global networks that partially function in virtual reality. The “network” approach in migration studies considers religious communities and identities as dynamic quantities. This makes it possible to abandon a simplified view of the reasons for the segregation of ethno-religious communities and the spread of radical religious ideas among representatives of the second and third generations of immigrants. The paper pays special attention to the role religion plays in the process of integration into the host society, either contributing or hindering this process. The article looks at a correlation between the social and religious role of communities. The analysis of the growing Muslim communities in Europe, the ways of integrating Islam and the problems of multiculturalism has become a separate research agenda. The studies of “parallel societies” formed by Muslim immigrants have been further developed. Based on the results of the review, the authors conclude that researchers involved in the field have moved from collecting data on migration flows to analyzing their various aspects, including the influence of religion on the processes of segregation of ethno-religious communities and the integration of (im)migrants into the host society.
