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

Assyrians Without Borders: Middle Eastern Christians Towards a New Form of Citizenship in SwedenStudia ReligiologicaSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/LYQ6HP4Z/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.MartaWoźniak-BobińskaAssyrians Without Borders: Middle Eastern Christians Towards a New Form of Citizenship in Swedenhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/LYQ6HP4Zhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/LYQ6HP4Zhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/LYQ6HP4ZStudia Religiologica54:1202163-80This 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. Woźniak-Bobińska, Marta. “Assyrians Without Borders: Middle Eastern Christians Towards a New Form of Citizenship in Sweden.” Studia Religiologica 54:1 (2021): 63–80. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4467/20844077SR.21.005.13929. Marta Woźniak-Bobińska, Assyrians Without Borders: Middle Eastern Christians Towards a New Form of Citizenship in Sweden, Studia Religiologica 54:1 (2021): 63–80, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4467/20844077SR.21.005.13929.AssyriansDiasporaEuropeXIX-XXI CEXXI CEidentitysociology