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Record Nr.

UNINA9910485652903321

Autore

Marranci Gabriele

Titolo

Faith, ideology and fear [[electronic resource] ] : Muslim identities within and beyond prisons / / Gabriele Marranci

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2009

ISBN

1-003-08539-3

1-4725-4851-5

1-282-45295-9

9786612452956

1-4411-5815-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Collana

Continuum religious studies

Disciplina

365/.6088297

297.086927

Soggetti

Prisoners - Religious life - Great Britain

Muslims - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 in prison, the work of Muslim chaplains and imams (and the overall impact that they have on Muslim prisoners), providing an analysis of the current prison policies aiming to prevent radicalisation, and discusses the counterproductive results of an increasing young Muslim presence in prisons, as well