The Iranian Christian diaspora : religion and nationhood in exile /
Benedikt Römer
Bok · Engelsk · 2024
| Omfang | viii, 236 pages : : illustrations ;
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| Opplysninger | Revised version of a PhD thesis, originally published under the title: Elam in exile : religion and nature among Iranian Christians in the diaspora, and submitted to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Bayreuth, 2022.. - Historical Overview : Iranian Christians and their Journey into Exile -- Theoretical Perspectives on Religion, the Nation and Diaspora -- Naturalizing Christianity (I) : Introduction and the Festivals of Nowruz and Yaldā -- Naturalizing Christianity (II) : Persian Poets and Poetry, Iranians in the Bible and the Iranian Christian Martyrs -- Critical Engagement with Islam between Expatriation, Non-Islamiosity and Islamophobia -- Diasporic Religion among Iranian Christians : Meanings of Exile, Visions of Return and the Elam Prophecy.. - "Over the past few decades, whilst evading severe governmental restrictions in Iran, the Iranian Evangelical diaspora has grown across Turkey, Germany, the Netherlands, the US and the UK. Far from the censorship of the Islamic Republic, Iranian Evangelical pastors and ministers publish Persian-language Christian magazines and online videos with the aim to reach the transnational Iranian Christian community, as well as potential converts in Iran. This book explores notions of nationhood and diasporic dwelling in the religious narratives and practices of Iranian Christian exilic communities, showing how claims to the authenticity of a distinct Iranian-Christian identity are constructed. Examining abundant source material available in the Iranian Christian exilic milieu, the book draws extensively upon five unstudied series of Persian-language Christian exile magazines published between the early 1990s and the 2020s, Persian-language video material and a number of interviews with Iranian Christian pastors with leadership positions in the Iranian Christian diaspora. These sources demonstrate the significance of exile and religious affiliation as key factors shaping diasporic images of the homeland and visions of a future return. Benedikt Römer weaves the history and contemporary story of the Iranian Christian community together, placing it in the context of a wider ongoing religious transformation in Iranian society"--
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| ISBN | 9780755651689. - 9780755651726
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