The Johnson Years. Vol.1 : Foreign Policy, the Great Society, and the White House / edited by Robert A.Divine.

• Record Nr.: UNINA990003112600403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: s.l. : University Press of Kansas, 1987
• ISBN: 0-7006-0326-3
• Descrizione fisica: VIII, 280 p. ; 22 cm
• Disciplina: F/1.221; O/1.35
• Locazione: SES
• Collocazione: F/1.221 JOH
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Heavenly readings [[electronic resource] ] : liturgical literacy in a multilingual context / / Andrey Rosowsky

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782137003321
• Autore: Rosowsky Andrey <1956->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol, [Eng.] ; ; Buffalo, [N.Y.], : Multilingual Matters, c2008
• ISBN: 1-281-87851-0; 9786611878511; 1-84769-094-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Collana: New perspectives on language and education
• Disciplina: 297.7/70941
• Soggetti: Islamic religious education; Islam - Rituals; Language and languages - Study and teaching; Literacy
• 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 (p. 233-237) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Foreword; Part 1 The Study of Liturgical Literacy; Chapter 1 Introduction to Liturgical Literacy, or Heavenly Readings; Chapter 2 The Community and its Ethnography; Part 2 The Community and its Liturgical Literacy; Chapter 3 Children; Chapter 4 Parents; Chapter 5 Teachers; Chapter 6 Organisers; Part 3 The Settings for Liturgical Literacy; Chapter 7 Mosques; Chapter 8 Liturgical Literacy in the Home; Chapter 9 Liturgical Literacy and School; Part 4 The Languages of Liturgical Literacy; Chapter 10 Urdu; Chapter 11 Mirpuri-Punjabi; Chapter 12 English; Chapter 13 ArabicPart 5 Concluding Remarks and Implications; Chapter 14 Concluding Remarks; Glossary; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Investigates the literacy practices associated with the religion of Islam as they are shaped, lived and experienced within a typical Muslim community in the United Kingdom. This ethnographic seeks to counterbalance prevailing views on such practices which have often been misrepresented and misunderstood.