TY  - BOOK
AU  - Laws,Ben
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Asylum and Nonreligion: Emotions, Evidence-making and Credibility 
SN  - 9783031717659
AV  - GN301-674 
U1  - 305.8 23
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Sociocultural Anthropology
KW  - Sociology of Migration
KW  - Politics and Human Rights
N1  - 1. An Introduction to Nonreligious Asylum Seekers -- 2. Portraits -- 3. The Atheist ‘Converts’ -- 4. Evidence-hearing and Evidence-making -- 5. Emotions -- 6. Reasons for Hope, Reasons to Doubt; Open Access
N2  - This open access Palgrave Pivot explores the experiences of nonreligious asylum seekers in Northern Europe. While religious persecution is often cited as a reason for seeking asylum, nonbelievers also face significant persecution in their home countries due to their lack of religious affiliation. Despite this, their experiences are frequently overlooked in academic discussions, and asylum assessment centers have been slow to develop frameworks that address their unique challenges. Drawing on in-depth qualitative research from Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the challenges nonbelievers face, as well as the opportunities they create as agents within the system. Emotions offer an analytical window into the world of nonbelievers, highlighting their desperation and innovative practices of evidence creation. Throughout the book, the logics of credibility assessment are critically explored, revealing the cultural chasm between assessors and nonreligious claimants
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71765-9
ER  -