Transnational Religious Spaces Faith and the Brazilian Migration Experience [Hardcover]

This book explores the role of religion in the lives of Brazilian migrants in London and on their return 'back home'. Working with the notion of religion as lived experience, it moves beyond rigid denominational boundaries and examines how and where religion is practiced in migrants' everyday lives.Introduction 1. The Brazilian 'Diaspora' 2. Global, Transnational and Everyday Religion 3. Transnational Congregations 4. The 'Brazilian' Transnational Church: Social Hub and Sacred Space 5. Narratives of Religion-as-Lived (Transnationally) Conclusions

Olivia Sheringham is a Researcher at the International Migration Institute, University of Oxford, UK, and is on the Executive Committee of the Brazilians to the UK Research Group (GEB). She has published work in journals including Portuguese Studies and Geography Compass and has written chapters for a number of published and forthcoming edited collections.