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Journal of Refugee Studies 2002 15(2):213-221; doi:10.1093/jrs/15.2.213
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Field Reports/Field Report

Nuer Christians in America

Dianna J. Shandy1

1 Department of Anthropology, Macalester College, St Paul, Minnesota

This paper interrogates the socio-political role of Christianity in the forced migration experiences of southern Sudanese refugees living in the United States. Religion is implicated in the conflict in Sudan; faith-based organizations broker these refugees' resettlement in the United States; and engagement with US Christian Churches eases the transition to a new society. Based on ethnographic research with Sudanese refugees and American service providers, this paper probes the ways in which cultural constructions of Christians influence the incorporation of these newcomers into US congregations. In addition, the paper highlights the need for more scholarly attention to the study of Nuer Christianity as an indigenized belief system that enables this population to cope with radical change in their lives.


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