Religion and International Migration: A Case Study of Ukraine
This paper studies the relationships between religion and migration in modern-day Ukraine. We focus on Ukraine’s numerous churches and their attitude toward the phenomenon of emigration, their relevant activities with regard to the outward migration from the country, and the migration experiences an...
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| description | This paper studies the relationships between religion and migration in modern-day Ukraine. We focus on Ukraine’s numerous churches and their attitude toward the phenomenon of emigration, their relevant activities with regard to the outward migration from the country, and the migration experiences and intentions of the believers. We find that the Greek Catholic Church has put special attention on the emigration phenomenon in its social doctrine, while the doctrines of other churches have been less elaborate, both in general terms and with regard to the issue of external migration in particular. Moreover, we demonstrate that worshippers belonging to the different churches have very similar growing concerns about the negative effects of Ukraine’s economic development—social divide and unemployment in particular. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63728282fad441ce87b1ec72e2ff8dbd2022-12-22T03:10:49ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442016-06-01766410.3390/rel7060064rel7060064Religion and International Migration: A Case Study of UkraineWadim Strielkowski0Yuriy Bilan1Oleh Demkiv2Prague Institute for Qualification Enhancement, Trnkovo nám. 1112/2, 150 00 Prague, Czech RepublicMicroeconomics Department, Faculty of Economics Science and Management, University of Szczecin, 71101 Szczecin, PolandDepartment of Sociology, Ivan Franko Lviv National University, 79000 Lviv, UkraineThis paper studies the relationships between religion and migration in modern-day Ukraine. We focus on Ukraine’s numerous churches and their attitude toward the phenomenon of emigration, their relevant activities with regard to the outward migration from the country, and the migration experiences and intentions of the believers. We find that the Greek Catholic Church has put special attention on the emigration phenomenon in its social doctrine, while the doctrines of other churches have been less elaborate, both in general terms and with regard to the issue of external migration in particular. Moreover, we demonstrate that worshippers belonging to the different churches have very similar growing concerns about the negative effects of Ukraine’s economic development—social divide and unemployment in particular.http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/7/6/64religionchurchinternational migrationmigration experiencemigration intentionsUkraine |
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| title | Religion and International Migration: A Case Study of Ukraine |
| title_full | Religion and International Migration: A Case Study of Ukraine |
| title_fullStr | Religion and International Migration: A Case Study of Ukraine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Religion and International Migration: A Case Study of Ukraine |
| title_short | Religion and International Migration: A Case Study of Ukraine |
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| topic | religion church international migration migration experience migration intentions Ukraine |
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