The Romanian Orthodox Diaspora in Italy: Eastern Orthodoxy in a Western European Country

✍ Scribed by Marco Guglielmi

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 179
• Series: Religion and Global Migrations
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides a sociological understanding of transformations within Eastern Orthodoxy and the settlement of Orthodox diasporas in Western Europe. Building a fresh framework on religion and migration through the lenses of religious glocalization, it explores the Romanian Orthodox diaspora in Italy as a case study in the experience of Eastern Orthodoxy in a Western European country.

The research brings to light the Romanian Orthodox diaspora’s reshaping of the more customary social traditionalism largely spread within Eastern Orthodoxy. In its position as an immigrant group and religious minority, the Romanian Orthodox diaspora develops socio-cultural and religious encounters with the receiving environment and engages with certain contemporary challenges.

This book refutes the vague image of Orthodox Christianity as a monolithic religious system composed of passive religious institutions, rather showing current Orthodox diasporas as flexible agents marked by dynamic features.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Praise for The Romanian Orthodox Diaspora in Italy
Contents
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
Summary
Framing Religious Glocalization
Exploring Diaspora Religions as Glocal Religions
A Sociological Approach to Orthodox Christianity
The Eastern Orthodox Diaspora(s)
Research Design and Book Contents
Methodology
Conclusion: Orthodox Diasporas as Glocal Religions
References
Chapter 2: The Dis/Continuity of the Orthodox-Scape in Italy
Summary
A Historical Overview on Orthodoxy in Italy
A Sociological Perspective on Orthodoxy in Italy
The Orthodox Christian Jurisdictions in Italy
The Establishment of the Romanian Orthodox Diaspora in Italy
Places of Worship of Romanian Orthodoxy in Italy
Conclusion: Local Orthodox Diasporas as a Religioscape
References
Chapter 3: The Settlement of an (Eastern) Latin Church in a (Western) Latin Country
Summary
Romanian Orthodox Clerics in Italy
Religious Activities of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Italy
Pastoral Activities of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Italy
Social Work and Engagement of Romanian Orthodoxy in Italy
Orthodox-Catholic Relations in Italy
Conclusion: Romanian Orthodox Parishes as Religious Glocalities
References
Chapter 4: Entanglement and Forms of Orthodox Transnationalism in Italy and Beyond
Summary
Framing Multiple Religious Glocalizations
Church-State Relations
Institutional Forms of Transnationalism of Romanian Orthodoxy
Transnational Forms of Religious Practice of Romanian Orthodoxy
Shaping a European Orthodox Identity
Conclusion: Romanian Orthodoxy as a Transnational Religion
References
Chapter 5: Epilogue: The ‘Living Tradition’ of Eastern Orthodoxy in Italy
References
References
Index