Religion and post-migration aspirations: Ethiopian migrants in Canada. Issue 2 (3rd April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Goitom, Mary; Idemudia, Uwafiokun
• Is Part Of: Journal of religion & spirituality in social work. Volume 41:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 213
• Page End: 238
• Publication Date: 2022-04-03
• Subjects: Ethiopian -- settlement -- religion -- well-being -- transnationalism; Church and social problems -- United States -- Periodicals; Church and social problems -- Catholic Church -- Periodicals; Christian sociology -- Periodicals; 261.805
• DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2022.2049434
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1542-6432

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper explores the ways in which, as part of their settlement process, Ethiopian immigrants in Canada (1) draw on religious beliefs, practices, and communities; (2) how they employ the teachings of their faith to advance their well-being; and (3) how these practices pattern their resilience and frame how they articulate – and the methods by which they ultimately achieve – their post-migration aspirations. Findings underscore how religion fashions transnational belonging that allows them to maintain multi-stranded social relations, and how this in turn shapes, maintains, and informs their post-migratory lives. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications for social work practice.