The term ethnoreligious (or ethno-religious) refers to an ethnic group of people whose members are also unified by a common religious background. Ethnoreligious communities define their ethnic identity neither exclusively by ancestral heritage nor simply by religious affiliation, but often through a combination of both. In an ethnoreligious group, particular emphasis's placed upon religious endogamy, and the concurrent discouragement of interfaith marriages or intercourse, as a means of preservi… (More on Ethnoreligious) |