Assyrians Without Borders: Middle Eastern Christians Towards a New Form of Citizenship in Sweden-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Assyrians Without Borders: Middle Eastern Christians Towards a New Form of Citizenship in Sweden

Published:2021 Issue:1 Volume:54 Page:63-80
ISSN:2084-4077
Container-title:Studia Religiologica
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Woźniak-Bobińska Marta^ORCID

Abstract

This article presents a case study of a Swedish-based NGO, Assyrians Without Borders (AWB), whose priority objective is to help Middle Eastern Christians, mainly Assyrians/Syriacs, in need in their homeland. The paper argues that Assyrians/Syriacs in Sweden have developed three forms of citizenship – religious, political and democratic. All three forms are transnational and have the potential to challenge the idea of national citizenship as being the dominant model of citizenship. Participating in AWB is understood as practising democratic citizenship, a concept seen as the Swedish ideal of model citizenship. The paper claims that AWB empowers its members and helps them to construct a mutually reinforcing dual Assyrian-Swedish identity.

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Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego

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