Europa protestante

My name is Shelby Ruffles, and it is my second year at UNC here in Greeley, Colorado. I have lived here in Greeley my whole life, and my major is geography where I am not exactly sure what my career is going to be just yet. I am Caucasion, but my dad is originally from New Zealand and my grandparents on my mother's side are originally from Canada. I do not have family migration

from Europe that I know of. My name is Ginna Kauble, and this is also my second year at UNC and I am majoring in elementary education. I am originally from Gahanna, Ohio and I moved to Colorado in order to go to college. My father's side of the family is completely German, and my great­grandparents came to the united states in 1915. On mothers side of the family, her father's side is mostly Native American and her mother comes from Hungarian descent.

 

My name is Daniel Onrubia and this is my fourth and last year at Pompeu Fabra University where I study Humanities. I was born in Barcelona as my father did, but my mother was born at the north of Spain (a region called Navarra which was an ancient kingdom related to the “Vasc Country”). From my mothers side my two grandparents where born in the north of Spain but in separated regions (although not with the same distances as in the US). My parents side is the most narrative one: His mother was from La Naja (a very little town from Aragón, a historical kingdom back in the 17 when de Civil War (before Franco's dictatorship) and there she stayed for some years until the war ended and decided to move to Barcelona alone (her family spred out and she th Century). She moved to Pau (France)

couldn't get in touch with no one more until the present times when she has been in touch with a sister she has in Switzerland). Once in Barcelona she met my grandparent which was born in Alicante (a small town at the mediterranean side of Spain). He, my grandparent had a long story until he met my grandmother: he passed the border from Spain to France, went up to Italy and the came back to Barcelona (all this because he was fugitive).

 

 

 

Protestantism is the largest branch of Christianity in the US, and that fact alone illustrates the strong European­American heritage in the US. The largest Protestant population in the US is in Wisconsin, and the baby boomer population (people born directly after WWII) were the majority of the people that practice. Another example of European American heritage in the US is the fact that almost all our presidents that been Protestant, and when a Catholic man ran for president everyone freaked out. The United States was the place for people to flee to when they were not allowed to practice their own form of Protestantism, and now America consists of the Eurpoean forms of Protestanism (Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Dutch Reformed) and American forms of Protestantism (Quakers, Unitarian, and Disciples of Christ) which is a prime example of transnational identity.

 

In Spain we really don't have to many protestant churches as we have been on of the most historical nations which have battled protestantism from Catholicism (we had the Inquisition in our own capital city). This may answer why are they many protestant immigrants at the US. Above that, we are a “non­confessional state nation”; that means our government doesn't stands for a “legal” religion (Although that can be seriously discussed).

 

 

 

One very famous icon associated with Protestantism that can be well found in America is the "Jesus fish." This fish is a symbol of Christianity and Protestantism, and many people will place this symbol on their vehicles or other personal belongings. In the United State the "Jesus fish" could be considered a famous icon, especially when considered within the realm of Christianity.

 

One very famous icon of catholicism is when citizens of all cities wait for the arrival of the Pope. Although we do not explicit our catholic culture we can feel it in many of our cultural constructions.

 

 

 

Protestantism has always had a long history of migration and resettlement. This is because as Europe developed, new religious developments also occurred, which made it necessary for people to move from country to country in order to leave behind religious persecution and find religious freedom and acceptance. Today, people of the Protestant faith are not the ones generally being forced to leave a country because of their faith. Now, people of this religion and their region are the ones being more accepting of immigrants and refugees, such as The Nordic countries, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are all in the European region of Protestantism and face migration issues of their own separate from the rest of Europe. One example of migration issues the Nordic countries are facing is the fact that they are one of the most popular regions for resettlement regions in Europe. Because they have so many immigrants in this region, it is important for them to have an effective system in place that lets them function successfully as a society. In Sweden, for example, they need 80% of their adults to participate in the workforce in order for their economy to work, but only 51% of migrants are employed compared to 84% of native Swedes. This is detrimental to their region, because it makes the native people suffer by taking in so many immigrants. Nordic countries are putting solutions in place for these migration issues. These solutions they focus on giving immigrants language skills, labor training, and education opportunities. European and American definitions of citizenship are fairly different, but also have similar concepts. They are similar in which they both expect citizens to participate actively and contribute to society in positive ways, just like any country would. They are in different in the ways that they consider people to be citizens, for example Europe is more accepting of immigrants and refugees compared to the US. Although immigration is an issue for Europe and the US right now, the Europeans are looking at ways to integrate immigrants and refugees that creates a system that works. On the other hand, the US is struggling to accept immigrants, much less find ways to integrate them into our society.

 

Migration Policy Institute: “Resettlement in the Nordic Countries.” Accessed March 4, 2016 at The Economist: “Immigrants: The Ins and Outs.” Accessed March 4, 2016 at http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21570836-immigration-and-growing-inequality-are-making-nordics-less-homogeneous-ins-and