FAITH.(Spiritual isolation in Switzerland)(Brief Article)

Swiss News | April 1, 2001| | Copyright

What happens when the values you've held for a lifetime suddenly face rejection by the world around you--a bit like having an expired credit card spat back at you as "invalid"?

Spiritual isolation--a disabling feeling that one's core-belief system doesn't fit into new surroundings--especially haunts expatriates. Is their handicap real or simply imagined? And how does it affect foreigners in a nation like multi-culti Switzerland? After all, every fifth inhabitant here bears a foreign passport. Meanwhile, the religious heritage of these guests falls increasingly ...

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