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<p>This article presents reflections on Roma inclusion in the context of intra-European mobility. It begins with accounts of visits to two religious actors running centres providing humanitarian assistance, social services, and opportunities to exercise religion to Roma and other migrants in Oslo, Norway: the Lutheran Church City Mission welcoming Roma migrants as guests in the City Mission Centre at Tøyen Church and the Pentecostal organisation Evangeliesenteret, where Roma migrants receive food and participate in religious gatherings at the Contact Centre. The article reflects on the modes of inclusion represented in these two accounts in relation to three different approaches to inclusion: EU Roma policy, the work of the German sociologist Niklas Luhmann, and diaconal theology. The article ends with reflections on what inclusion might mean in the context of intra-European Roma mobility.</p>
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This article presents reflections on Roma inclusion in the context of intra-European mobility. It begins with accounts of visits to two religious actors running centres providing humanitarian assistance, social services, and opportunities to exercise religion to Roma and other migrants in Oslo, Norway: the Lutheran Church City Mission welcoming Roma migrants as guests in the City Mission Centre at Tøyen Church and the Pentecostal organisation Evangeliesenteret, where Roma migrants receive food and participate in religious gatherings at the Contact Centre. The article reflects on the modes of inclusion represented in these two accounts in relation to three different approaches to inclusion: EU Roma policy, the work of the German sociologist Niklas Luhmann, and diaconal theology. The article ends with reflections on what inclusion might mean in the context of intra-European Roma mobility.

“If we Throw the Roma out of the Tent, we Throw Jesus out of the Tent”: Reflections on the Role of Religious Actors in Roma Inclusion in Oslo, Norway

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This article presents reflections on Roma inclusion in the context of intra-European mobility. It begins with accounts of visits to two religious actors...

“If we Throw the Roma out of the Tent, we Throw Jesus out of the Tent”: Reflections on the Role of Religious Actors in Roma Inclusion in Oslo, Norway

Published Online: Jan 11, 2023

Page range: 488 - 513

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2022-0118

Keywords
Charity, Diakonia, Empowerment, Exclusion, Free Movement, Inclusion, Lutheranism, Migration, Mutuality, Pentecostalism, Transformation

© 2022 Bjørn Hallstein Holte et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

“If we Throw the Roma out of the Tent, we Throw Jesus out of the Tent”: Reflections on the Role of Religious Actors in Roma Inclusion in Oslo, Norway

Published Online: Jan 11, 2023

Page range: 488 - 513

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2022-0118

KeywordsCharity, Diakonia, Empowerment, Exclusion, Free Movement, Inclusion, Lutheranism, Migration, Mutuality, Pentecostalism, Transformation

© 2022 Bjørn Hallstein Holte et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Charity, Diakonia, Empowerment, Exclusion, Free Movement, Inclusion, Lutheranism, Migration, Mutuality, Pentecostalism, Transformation