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Faith, ideology and fear : Muslim identities within and beyond prisons /

Based on four years anthropological research within prisons and Muslim communities in the UK, this book offers a unique discussion of the relationship between the experience of prison among Muslims and the formation of religious identity. Gabriele Marranci thoroughly examines Muslim religious life i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marranci, Gabriele
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009.
Colección:Continuum religious studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Muslims, Islam and crime in the United Kingdom
  • Excluded and borderline lives : crime and existential fear
  • Bars, fluorescent lights and alienation : 'the torment of the grave'
  • Rediscovering Islam in prison : between wonder and cognitive opening
  • The shahadah of freedom : from doctrinal to imagistic modes of Islam
  • From caged bodies to caged souls : the dystopian experience of leaving prison
  • Conclusions.