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Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Geschichte, Identität, Wandel – einleitende Gedanken über den Zusammenhang von Migration und Religion -- Übergreifende Diskurslinien -- Migration und religiöser Wandel in der Frühen Neuzeit und heute: Religionssoziologische Perspektiven -- Transiträume -- Atlantiküberfahrten der Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine im 18. Jahrhundert -- Reisekommissare und Pastoren – weltliche und geistliche Migrant*innenbegleiter im Netzwerk der Salzburger Amerikaemigration (1733–1741) -- Flucht finanzieren. Ökonomische Aspekte religiöser Migration in der Frühen Neuzeit -- Diaspora -- Frühneuzeitliche Diasporen und "Nationsbildung" -- Religiöse Pluralität und Identität im Konzept der Herrnhuter Diaspora -- Die Altlutheraner im Hinterland von Adelaide -- Identität -- Anschreiben gegen das Vergessen – Erinnerungen an den Lehrer und Fluchthelfer Kurt Silberpfennig -- Personenregister -- Sachregister

Migration is viewed as a natural social phenomenon. Reasons for migration and responses to migration may vary. Much research in recent times has been done on migration. This contribution approaches migration from a theological perspective and tries to emphasize the way Christian communities should view the entry of migrants into a community. The way the church should respond to migrants entering a community is discussed by way of three possible perceptions of migrants, either perceived as a threat, an asset or an opportunity. Migration may result in the continuation or discontinuation of beliefs by the migrant. The discontinuation of religion may be expressed as syncretism or secularization. Christian communities ought not to perceive the presence of the migrant as an entity needing assistance or object of conversion. Christian communities should also see migration as an opportunity for indigenous Christian communities to reflect on their own identity and attitude towards expressing inclusivity.

In Theocratic Secularism, author Naser Ghobadzadeh questions the religious logic used to legitimize the rule of the clergy in Iran. Ghobadzadeh argues that orthodox shi'ism considers the institution of government to be outside the realm of religion and religious leaders. Coining the term 'theocratic secularism', Ghobadzadeh ultimately argues for the re-instatement of a form of political secularism in Iran.