Pentecostalism and immigration – does anyone has experiences with this religion in Romania or Moldova

[Martin Šimon]

Hi folks, I´m just wondering if anyone has experiences with researching Romanian pentecostalism. I did a small research with Romanian immigrants in the Czech Republic and it seems to me, that their religion is crucial factor for their successful integration into society. What´s your opinion?

There are sparse resources about this topic, so, any comments or recomendation would be great! 🙂
Best regards.
Mart

[Craig Furneaux]

Hi Mart

There are two source of data – one is the book by Barret on world christianity which summarises statistics.

You could also check the world values survey (or published results from this) which has religious data from a number of countries.

Religion State and Society (journal) has information on religiou in former soviet block countires

But in the end I think you have a research topic which hasn’t been looked at in a significant way.

There is wider work on how religious / ethnic belliefs helps or hinders integration in a migration context, but sorry – don’t have any references off hand.

Hope this helps in some way

Regards

Craig

[Martin Šimon]

Hi Graig,

many thanks for your answer. I will check the sources you recommended. I hope that the Journal Religion State and Society is accessible in the Czech Republic.
I am neither specialist in religion nor in Romania therefore any advice is warmly welcomed.

Best regards!
Martin

[Craig Furneaux]

Hi Martin

The wider work which might be useful would be on how the construction of individual / social identities which might provide a theoretical framework for your study i.e. how does group identity assist migrants integrate into a new society.

There might be more stuff on that

Best wishes

Craig

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