In Italy, international migrations have experienced an extraordinary evolution both in the volume of flows and in their composition, with a growing incidence of family members and humanitarian migrants. Within this complex phenomenology, the factors connected with religious affiliations play a more significant role than is shown by official data. Moreover, religious affiliations/values are crucial factors in the integration process, especially through the mediation of the family and faith based organizations. However, studies focusing on these aspects are very few and their results have not been subject to an interdisciplinary systematization, indispensable for the understanding of a very complex phenomenon. Starting from evidence collected during a multi-disciplinary study aimed to filling this knowledge gap, this panel will focus on the following topics:Religious belongings and tolerance as reported by ArabBarometer; Religion and religious beliefs in the trajectories of (forced) migrants and asylum seekers; Migrants’ children between family religious traditions and everyday life in a secularized society;The religious dimension in multiethnic schools.
Chair:
- Laura Zanfrini (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
Panelists:
- Laura Zanfrini (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) - The religion’s dimension in the trajectories of (forced) migrants directed to Italy
- Maddalena Colombo (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) - The religious dimension in multicultural schools. Identity and affiliations, behaviors and symbols, conflicts and values
- Mariagrazia Santagati (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) - The religious dimension in multicultural schools. Identity and affiliations, behaviors and symbols, conflicts and values
- Rosangela Lodigiani (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) - The religious dimension in multicultural schools. Identity and affiliations, behaviors and symbols, conflicts and values
- Giovanni Giulio Valtolina (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) - (Forced) migration and religious belonging. The experience of the Coptic families in Italy
- Giancarlo Rovati (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) - Religious belongings and tolerance through the Arab Barometer survey
Language: English / Italian
