Rescripting Religion in the City

Contents: Introduction, Jane Garnett and Alana Harris; Part I Conversations and Translations: 'Language' across Boundaries: Theologies and ethics of migration: Muslim and Christian perspectives, Susanna Snyder, Zayn Kassam, Anna Rowlands and Narzanin Massoumi; Scholarly languages I: migration, faith, ethnicity and political subjectivity, Michael Keith; Scholarly languages II: anthropology, religion and migration, Simon Coleman; Performative languages I: sound, music and migration in Jerusalem's Old City, Abigail Wood; Performative languages II: 'Do what the Qur'an says and stay away from crack': Mirpuri Muslims, rap music and the city, Thomas Hodgson; Performative languages III: Belleville bazaar, Liz Hingley and Alice Hertzog. Part II Place and Space: The contagion of the sacred and the right to the city: modalities of belonging, becoming and participating amongst diasporic religious communities and the growth of the post-secular city, Chris Baker; Making a good death: Muslim burial sites and practices in Britain from 1800 to the present, Nazneen Ahmed; Church without walls: mapping the sacred in east London, Jane Garnett and Alana Harris; Refugee camps and cities in conversation, Yousif M. Qasmiyeh and Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh. Part III Gender and Generation: Religious routes and routines: African migrants moving in and out of Paris, Catrien Notermans, Maya Turolla and Willy Jansen; Inter-generational negotiations of religious identity, belief and practice; child, youth and adult perspectives from three cities, Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh; Transnational faith, families and belonging: Brazilians in London and 'back home', Olivia Sheringham; From bodies to souls: Jewish youth clubs in the East End of London and the transmission of tradition, Gil Toffell. Part IV Public Policy: The Church of England, race and multiculturalism 1962-2012, Matthew Grimley; Discovering faith? The hidden contours of political participation and devotional practice in contemporary ea