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Silke Schmidt (Re-)Framing the Arab/Muslim Mediating Orientalism in Contemporary Arab American Life Writing 2014, 446 pages, pb., numerous ill., Can only Hollywood movies and TV news frame public discourse? This innovative study demonstrates the potential of life writing to (re-)frame Orientalism in the »West.« |
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Kathrin Lenz-Raymann Securitization of Islam: A Vicious Circle Counter-Terrorism and Freedom of Religion in Central Asia 2014, 324 pages, pb., The study sheds light on religious policies and Islamic groups in Central Asia. The hypothesis of a vicious circle between repression and radicalization is tested with an agent-based computer simulation. |
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A Sociology of Prayer
Edited by Giuseppe Giordan, University of Padua, Italy and Linda
Woodhead, University of Lancaster, UK
Ashgate AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series
Ashgate, July 2015
http:
Prayer is a central aspect of religion. Even amongst those who have
abandoned organized religion levels of prayer remain high. Yet the most
basic questions remain unaddressed: What exactly is prayer? How does it
vary? Why do people pray and in what situations and settings? Does
prayer imply a god, and if so, what sort? A Sociology of Prayer
addresses these fundamental questions and opens up important new debates.
Drawing from religion, sociology of religion, anthropology, and
historical perspectives, the contributors focus on prayer as a social as
well as a personal matter and situate prayer in the conditions of
complex late modern societies worldwide. Presenting fresh empirical data
in relation to original theorising, the volume also examines the
material aspects of prayer, including the objects, bodies, symbols, and
spaces with which it may be integrally connected.
Contents:
Introduction: You never know. Prayer as enchantment, Giuseppe Giordan;
Prayer as practice: an interpretative proposal, Carlo Genova; For youth,
prayer is relationship, Michael C. Mason; Pentecostal prayer as personal
communication and invisible institutional work, Yannick Fer;
Transcendence and immanence in public and private prayer, Martin
Stringer; Prayer as a tool in Swedish Pentecostalism, Emir Mahieddin;
Contrasting regimes of Sufi prayer and emotion work in the Indonesian
Islamic revival, Julia Day Howell; A socio-anthropological analysis of
forms of prayer among the Amish, Andrea Borella; Filipino Catholic
students and prayer as conversation with God, Jayeel Serrano Cornelio;
The embodiment of prayer in charismatic Christianity, Michael Wilkinson
and Peter Althouse; Prayer requests in an English cathedral, and a new
analytic framework for intercessory prayer, Tania ap Siôn; An analysis
of hospital chapel prayer requests, Peter Collins; Conclusion: Prayer as
changing the subject, Linda Woodhead; Index.
About the Editor:
Giuseppe Giordan is Associate Professor of Sociology of Religion at the
University of Padua (Italy). He is Co-Editor of the Annual Review of the
Sociology of Religion (Brill), elected member of the Executive Council
of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, and served as General
Secretary of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion
from 2009 to 2013. His books include Identity and Pluralism. The Values
of the Post-Modern Time. New York: Center for Migration Studies, 2004;
Vocation and Social Context (ed.), Leiden: Brill, 2007; Conversion in
the Age of Pluralism (ed.), Leiden: Brill, 2009; Youth and Religion,
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion (ed.), 1, Leiden Brill, 2010;
Religion, Spirituality and Everyday Practices (ed. with William H.
Swatos, Jr.) New York: Springer, 2011.
Linda Woodhead is Professor of Sociology of Religion at Lancaster
University, and Director of the £12m AHRC/ESRC Research Programme on
Religion and Society. Her books include Religion and Change in Modern
Britain, ed. with Rebecca Catto, London: Routledge, 2012; A Sociology of
Religious Emotion, with Ole Riis, Oxford: OUP, 2010; The Spiritual
Revolution: Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality, with Paul
Heelas, Blackwell, 2005; An Introduction to Christianity, Cambridge
University Press, 2004. Edited and co-edited books include Religions in
the Modern World 2nd edition, London: Routledge, 2009; Congregational
Studies in the UK, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004; Predicting Religion:
Christian, Secular and Alternative Futures, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003;
Peter Berger and the Study of Religion, London: Routledge, 2002;
Reinventing Christianity: Nineteenth Century Contexts, Aldershot:
Ashgate, 2001; Religion in Modern Times, Oxford: Blackwell.
Reviews:
‘An astonishing array of insights about something generally neglected
and taken for granted: what are people up to when they pray? The fresh,
empirically-based contributions will engage and inform readers. Most
importantly, the collection helps move forward the only recently-opened
discussion about the sociality and relationality of prayer, a practice
that persists within and on the borders of the sacred and the secular.’
Abby Day, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
‘Insightfully, in her conclusion, Linda Woodhead considers prayer as
“changing the subject”. The chapters brought together in this book help
us to understand why. Each of them makes a distinctive contribution to a
topic that is insufficiently understood by sociologists.’
Grace Davie, University of Exeter, UK
‘For those living within western cultures, prayer remains one of the
most perplexing of religious phenomena. This collection of essays
approaches prayer as a social fact, as patterns of behaviour that confer
meaning within the lives of individuals and communities across the
globe. It takes seriously the ways in which acts of prayer are shaped by
their social context, and as such, challenges the assumption that prayer
is always individual and self-serving, instead highlighting its social
consequences, such as the cultivation of relationships and civic
responsibility, and the reinforcement of community boundaries. These
essays are international in scope, and offer an important contribution
to the international sociology of religion. Those who want to understand
better why prayer endures as a social phenomenon would do well to engage
seriously with this book.’
Mathew Guest, University of Durham, UK
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Young Sikhs in a Global World:
Negotiating Traditions, Identities and Authorities
Edited by Knut A. Jacobsen, University of Bergen, Norway and Kristina Myrvold, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Ashgate, August 2015
http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472456960
In attempting to carve out a place for themselves in local and global contexts, young Sikhs mobilize efforts to construct, choose, and emphasize different aspects of religious and cultural identification depending on their social setting and context. Young Sikhs in a Global World presents current research on young Sikhs with multicultural and transnational life-styles and considers how they interpret, shape and negotiate religious identities, traditions, and authority on an individual and collective level.
With a particular focus on the experiences of second generation Sikhs as they interact with various people in different social fields and cultural contexts, the book is constructed around three parts: ‘family and home’, ‘public display and gender’, and ‘reflexivity and translations’. New scholarly voices and established academics present qualitative research and ethnographic fieldwork and analyse how young Sikhs try to solve social, intellectual and psychological tensions between the family and the expectations of the majority society, between Punjabi culture and religious values.
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Muslims and Political Participation in Britain
Edited by Timothy Peace
Routledge – 2015
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415725316/
This new volume showcases the latest research into Muslim political participation both in terms of electoral politics and civil society initiatives.
Muslims play a prominent role in British political life yet what do we actually know about the involvement of British Muslims beyond the existence of a handful of Muslim MPs? What is unique about political participation in Muslim communities? All the major parties actively seek to court a ‘Muslim electorate’ but does such a phenomenon exist? Despite the impact that Muslims have had on election campaigns and their roles in various political institutions, research on this topic remains scant. Indeed, much of the existing work was couched within the broader areas of the participation of ethnic minorities or the impact of race on electoral politics. The chapters in this volume address this lacuna by highlighting different aspects of Muslim participation in British politics. They investigate voting patterns and election campaigns, civil society and grassroots political movements, the engagement of young people and the participation of Muslims in formal political institutions.
Written in an accessible style, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of political participation and religious studies.
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Editor : Purushottama Bilimoria,
Co-Editors Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat, Philip Hughes,
Binding : Hardbound
13 Digit ISBN : 9788124608128
Edition : 1st edition
Year : 2015
Pages : xxx, 466p.
Bibliographic Details : Several b/w and colour photographs, Appendices; Bibliography; Index
Size : 25 cm
Weight (approx.) : 1150 gm
Publishers: DK Printworld Pty Ltd, New Delhi : http://www.dkprintworld.com/product-detail.php?pid=1280857551
About The Book
Since the late 1990s, the Indian community in Australia has grown faster than any other immigrant community. The Indian Diaspora has made substantial contributions to the multi-ethnic and multi-religious diversity within Australia. The growth of Hinduism and Sikhism through gurus, temples, yoga and rituals of many kind has brought new colours, images, customs and practices to the profile of Australian religion, and the Australian landscape more widely. At the same time, Hinduism and Sikhism have themselves been transformed as Hindus and Sikhs from different parts of India as well as Fiji, Malaysia and other parts of the world have come together to establish a pan-Indian ethos. Hindus and Sikhs here have also interacted with other sectors of the Australian population and with religions from the Western world. This is the theme of this book.
The Indian Diaspora covers the theory of diaspora, the historical development of the Indian communities in Australia since the late 19th century to the present times, current practices and statistical profiles of Hindus and Sikhs in Australia, and interactions between Hindus and Sikhs with the wider Australian community. There are case-studies of the Indian students and women in the Australian community, of Indian communities in Melbourne and South Australia, and of temple building and the Sikh gurdwara.
The book has been edited by and contains contributions from Purushottama Bilimoria, an internationally-known scholar of philosophy and religion, Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat, one of Australia’s most senior Hindu priests and a scholar of Hinduism, and Philip Hughes, a leading analyst of the religious profiles of the Australian people. It also contains contributions from several other prominent scholars. Included are special essays on the importance of diaspora by the late Ninian Smart and on the 19th century Afghan cameleers and Indian hawkers.
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Editions CNRS alpha, 2015
Florence Bergaud-Blackler
http://www.cnrseditions.fr/societe/7078-les-sens-du-halal-.html
Les éditions CNRS ont annoncé hier la parution de l’ouvrage : “Les sens du Halal : une norme dans un marché mondial”, editions CNRS alpha, 2015 Il est en vente sur le site CNRS editions et le sera bientôt sur les grands sites de vente en ligne. Certaines librairies en France et en Belgique, en contrat avec les éditions CNRS alpha le recevront, mais pas toutes. N’hésitez donc pas à transmettre cette information à vos collègues,
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The CNRS editions announced the publication of the book: “Halal meanings : a standard in a global market,” alpha editions CNRS, 2015. It is on sale on the site CNRS editions and will soon be on the major online shopping sites.
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http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-531-94037-3
This book is the first of three volumes of HabitusAnalysis that take the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu as a starting point to develop a methodical approach to the habitus of social actors. However, the concept of habitus and Bourdieu’s approach to language are somewhat disputed while his relationist epistemology is seldom paid tribute to. The present volume therefore in its first part deals with Bourdieu’s roots in relationist Neo-Kantian philosophy, the basic traits of his relationist sociology. The second part examines Bourdieu’s theoretical and empirical work on language before elaborating its own praxeological concept of language use that opens the road to a methodically and theoretically sound reconstruction of the habitus of social actors.
In the second volume of HabitusAnalysis we will carefully re-read Bourdieu’s theory in order to develop a disposition-based theory of the habitus that emphasizes the creative potential of the linkage between mental orientations and socio-structural processes, classification and classes, as well as dispositions and positions. The method presented in the third volume will facilitate a detailed empirical analysis of the creative transformations operated by the habitus in relation with the social structures of domination and the dynamics of social differentiation.
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The Catholic Church and Argentina’s Dirty War
Gustavo Morello (Boston College)
Oxford University Press
(June 2015)
On August 3rd, 1976, in Cordoba, Argentina’s second largest city, Fr. James Week and five seminarians from the Missionaries of La Salette were kidnapped. A mob burst into the house they shared, claiming to be police looking for “subversive fighters.” The seminarians were jailed and tortured for two months before eventually being exiled to the United States. The perpetrators were part of the Argentine military government that took power under President General Jorge Videla in 1976, ostensibly to fight Communism in the name of Christian Civilization. Videla claimed to lead a Catholic government, yet the government killed and persecuted many Catholics as part of Argentina’s infamous Dirty War. Critics claim that the Church did nothing to alleviate the situation, even serving as an accomplice to the dictators. Leaders of the Church have claimed they did not fully know what was going on, and that they tried to help when they could. Gustavo Morello draws on interviews with victims of forced disappearance, documents from the state and the Church, field observation, and participant observation in order to provide a deeper view of the relationship between Catholicism and state terrorism during Argentina’s Dirty War. Morello uses the case of the seminarians to explore the complex relationship between Catholic faith and political violence during the Dirty War-a relationship that has received renewed attention since Argentina’s own Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis. Unlike in countries such as Chile and Brazil, Argentina’s political violence was seen as an acceptable tool in propagating political involvement; both the guerrillas and the military government were able to gain popular support. Morello examines how the Argentine government deployed a discourse of Catholicism to justify the violence that it imposed on Catholics and how the official Catholic hierarchy in Argentina rationalized their silence in the face of this violence. Most interestingly, Morello investigates how Catholic victims of state violence and their supporters understood their own faith in this complicated context: what it meant to be Catholic under Argentina’s dictatorship.
A preview of the book is available at:
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The first complete study of a little known Muslim presence in Europe. Since 9/11, the interest in Muslims in Europe has increased significantly. There has been much public debate and academic research focused on Muslims living in larger Western European countries like Britain, France or Germany, but little is known of Muslims in Ireland. This book fills this gap, providing a complete study of this unexplored Muslim presence, from the arrival of the first Muslim resident in Cork, in the southwest of Ireland, in 1784 until mass immigration to the Republic of Ireland during the ‘Celtic Tiger’ period from the mid-1990s onwards. Muslim immigration and settlement in Ireland is very recent, 0and poses new challenges to a society that has perceived itself as religiously and culturally homogeneous. Ireland is also one of the least secular societies in Europe, providing a different context for Muslims seeking recognition by state and society. This book is essential for anyone who wants to understand the diversity of Muslim presences across Europe.
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