Religion, Migration and Identity

Migration has become a major concern. The increase in migration in the 20th and 21st centuries has social, political and economic implications, but also effectuates change in the religious landscape, in religious beliefs and practices and in the way people understand themselves, each other and the world around them. In Religion, Migration and Identity scholars from various disciplines explore issues related to identity and religion, that people - individually and communally -, encounter when affected by migration dynamics. The volume foregrounds methodology in its exploration of the juxtaposition of religion, migration and identity and addresses questions which originate in various geographical locations, demonstrates new modes of interconnectedness, and thus aims to contribute to the ongoing academic discussions on mission, theology and the Christian tradition in general, in a worldwide perspective.

Martha Th. Frederiks is Professor for the Study of World Christianity at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Her research interests included developments in African Christianity, religion and migration and Christian-Muslim relations.


Dorottya Nagy is a theologian-missiologist with research interest in migration, ecclesiology, Christianity in postcommunist Europe, and innovative ways of theologizing. Currently, she is professor of missiology at the Protestant Theological University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.