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From Tur Abdin To Diaspora

Religion and Identity among Dutch Assyrians


This book is a detailed account of the Orthodox Assyrian Christians from the Turkish town of Tur Abdin who immigrated to the Netherlands.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
SKU (ISBN): 978-1-4632-4775-1
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Publication Status: Forthcoming
Publication Date: Apr 12,2024
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 257
Languages: Turkish
ISBN: 978-1-4632-4775-1
$88.09 (USD)
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Based on extensive field research and interviews with active community members, this book understands the world of Syriacs of the Netherlands asking fundamental questions about their migration, religion, and identity. The book opens with reasons for Syriac migration from their historical heartlands. It continues with the examination of the extensive Syriac institutional network encompassing the church, civil society organizations, and the media. Syriac education, trade, participation in regional and local politics and sports, and relationships with other churches are also studied in this tome. It continues with a detailed discussion of the concept and meanings of Syriac identity within the community and in the Netherlands. The book also covers how remembrance and selective remembrance are used to relate to the long and complicated Syriac history and ends with a discussion on belonging and the future of the Syriac communities in the modern world. 

Based on extensive field research and interviews with active community members, this book understands the world of Syriacs of the Netherlands asking fundamental questions about their migration, religion, and identity. The book opens with reasons for Syriac migration from their historical heartlands. It continues with the examination of the extensive Syriac institutional network encompassing the church, civil society organizations, and the media. Syriac education, trade, participation in regional and local politics and sports, and relationships with other churches are also studied in this tome. It continues with a detailed discussion of the concept and meanings of Syriac identity within the community and in the Netherlands. The book also covers how remembrance and selective remembrance are used to relate to the long and complicated Syriac history and ends with a discussion on belonging and the future of the Syriac communities in the modern world. 

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RamazanTurgut

1. Assyrian Migration
2. Dutch Assyrian Orthodox Church and Religious Practices
3. Dutch Assyrian Society in Social Life
4. Religion and Identity in the Dutch Assyrian Society