Religious change and its effects on social change for Roma in Slovakia

Podolinská, Tatiana and Hrustič, Tomáš (2014) Religious change and its effects on social change for Roma in Slovakia. Acta Ethnographica Hungarica, 59 (1). pp. 235-256. ISSN Print ISSN 1216-9803, Online ISSN 1588-2586

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Abstract

In 2010 the Institute of Ethnology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences completed a research project on the effects of various religious missions on social change and the social inclusion of Roma in Slovakia — the SIRONA Project (Social Inclusion of the Roma by the Religious Pathway). The article first discusses methodological approaches to studying subjective perceptions of social change. Then the authors identify the mechanisms influencing the effectiveness and ineffectiveness of social change, among others the importance of pastoral discourse and its potential to be pro-exclusive, or pro-inclusive. Religious change is discussed from the perspective of social theories of social capital, social networks and social bonds. The paper reaches the conclusion that religious change has very strong potential to bring about social change which, although only in some cases, can lead also to social inclusion.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Europe, Slovakia, Roma, Gypsy, Religious change, Social change, Social inclusion and exclusion, Social capital, Social networks
Subjects:	B Mission Theology/Theory > Contextualization/Inculturation B Mission Theology/Theory > Identity Issues B Mission Theology/Theory > Social Responsibility B Mission Theology/Theory > Human Development H Social Sciences and Roma Christianity > Sociology G Christian Traditions/ Denominations > Other
Divisions:	Slovakia
Depositing User:	Users 5 not found.
Date Deposited:	15 Nov 2019 14:58
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2019 13:34
URI:	https://r.ceeamsprints.brunner.at/id/eprint/321

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