Assyrians Without Borders: Middle Eastern Christians Towards a New Form of Citizenship in Sweden
This article presents a case study of a Swedish-based NGO, Assyrians Without Borders (AWB), whose priority objective is to help Middle Eastern Christians, mainly Assyrians/Syriacs, in need in their homeland. The paper argues that Assyrians/Syriacs in Sweden have developed three forms of citizenship...
| Published in: | Studia religiologica |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wydawn. Uniw. Jagiellońskiego
2021
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Studia religiologica
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| Further subjects: | B
Syriac Orthodox Church
B Syriacs B Middle Eastern Christians B Citizenship B Assyrians Without Borders B Syriacy B Syryjski Kościół Ortodoksyjny B bliskowschodni chrześcijanie B Assyrians B Asyryjczycy B Sweden B Asyryjczycy bez Granic B NGO B obywatelstwo |
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| Summary: | This article presents a case study of a Swedish-based NGO, Assyrians Without Borders (AWB), whose priority objective is to help Middle Eastern Christians, mainly Assyrians/Syriacs, in need in their homeland. The paper argues that Assyrians/Syriacs in Sweden have developed three forms of citizenship - religious, political and democratic. All three forms are transnational and have the potential to challenge the idea of national citizenship as being the dominant model of citizenship. Participating in AWB is understood as practising democratic citizenship, a concept seen as the Swedish ideal of model citizenship. The paper claims that AWB empowers its members and helps them to construct a mutually reinforcing dual Assyrian-Swedish identity. |
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| ISSN: | 2084-4077 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studia religiologica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4467/20844077SR.21.005.13929 |