Ethnisch-religiöse Gruppe

An ethnoreligious group (or ethno-religious group) is an ethnic group of people whose members are also unified by a common religious background.Vorlage:Citation needed Ethnoreligious communities define their ethnic identity neither exclusively by ancestral heritage nor simply by religious affiliation, but often through a combination of both (a long shared history; a cultural tradition of its own; either a common geographical origin, or descent from a small number of common ancestors; a common language, not necessarily peculiar to the group; a common literature peculiar to the group; a common religion different from that of neighbouring groups; being a minority or being an oppressed or a dominant group within a larger community).Vorlage:Citation needed

In an ethnoreligious group, particular emphasis is placed upon religious endogamy, and the concurrent discouragement of interfaith marriages or intercourse, as a means of preserving the stability and historical longevity of the community and culture.Vorlage:Citation needed This adherence to religious endogamy can also, in some instances, be tied to ethnic nationalism if the ethnoreligious group possesses a historical base in a specific region.Vorlage:Citation needed

Examples of ethnoreligious groups

Scholars describe the following groups as ethnoreligious groups.

• Ahmadis
• American Jews
• Amish
• Assyrians
• BosniaksVorlage:Citation needed
• Copts
• CroatsVorlage:Citation needed
• Druze
• Hui people, though not all people considered Hui are the same race, the "Hui" of Hainan are actually Austronesian Cham.
• JewsVorlage:Verify source
• Karaims
• Maronites
• Parsis
• NasraniVorlage:Citation needed
• Samaritans
• SerbsVorlage:Verify source
• Waldensians
• YazidiVorlage:Citation needed

See also

• Religious assimilation
• Folk religion
• Religious segregation

References

• The dominant animal: human evolution and the environment by Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich
• Fracturing resemblances: identity and mimetic conflict in Melanesia and the West by Simon Harrison
• Sean Ireton: The Samaritans - A Jewish Sect in Israel: Strategies for Survival of an Ethno-religious Minority in the Twenty First Century. Anthrobase, 2003, abgerufen am 30. Dezember 2009. 
• Geoffrey Brahm Levey: Toward a Theory of Disproportionate American Jewish Liberalism. (policyarchive.org [PDF]). 
• James Minahan: Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 0-313-32384-4 (google.com). 
• J. Alan Winter: Symbolic Ethnicity or Religion Among Jews in the United States: A Test of Gansian Hypotheses. In: Review of Religious Research. 37. Jahrgang, Nr. 3, März 1996 (questia.com). 

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