Stories of Identity: Religion, Migration, and Belonging in a Changing World

Stories of IdentityThis resource book reflects the way that migration affects personal identity and offers educators and students the resources to examine this migration through methods of storytelling.
It reveals experiences of immigrants from the individual to the collective through memoirs, journalistic accounts, and interviews. These experiences reflect a recent and global phenomenon where identity and citizenship are challenged by the greater blurring of national boundaries. By exploring the stories of young migrants and their changing communities, Stories takes into consideration the fluidity of identity. Translations of this resource are also available to educators teaching in a French- or German-speaking setting.

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