Religious Migration in the 21st Century: Condition and Perspectives

Abstract

The aim of this work is to answer the question of religious migration in the XXI century, the most important causes, contemporary dimension, and future trends. In particular, the author focuses on the questions of the importance of the religious factor in contemporary migration processes and the role of migration as a creating culture impulse, contributing to the development of the religious structure of modern societies. For this purpose, the author refers to the results of research on religious affiliation of contemporary migrants, and reports on the level of violence motivated by faith in the world in the 21^st century. Attempt to answer these questions is also accompanied by a brief reflection on the differences in historical and contemporary perception of the problem of religious migration.