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Religion and nation : Iranian local and transnational networks in Britain / Kathryn Spellman.
Van Pelt Library DA125.I68 S64 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spellman-Poots, Kathryn.
- Series:
- Studies in forced migration ; v. 15.
- Studies in forced migration ; v. 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iranians--Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Iranians.
- Iranians--Great Britain--Religion.
- Muslims--Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Muslims.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Social conditions.
- Religion.
- Iran--Emigration and immigration.
- Iran.
- Immigrants--Great Britain.
- Immigrants.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 235 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2004.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Religious Identity in the Process of Migration 1
- 1 The Iranian Revolution and the Subsequent Waves of Emigration 17
- A Brief Look at the Iranian Revolution
- The Islamic Republic and the Nationalisation of Islam
- The Iranian Diaspora
- Political Opposition Groups
- The On-going Process of Settlement
- 2 Iranians in Britain 37
- Demographic Information
- Iranians in London during the 1980s
- Iranians in London during the 1990s
- The Media Environment
- The Iranian New Year
- Khatami's Presidency
- 3 Sofreh: a Shia Muslim Religious Ritual for Iranian Women 59
- Early Shiism
- Sofreh Gatherings in Iran
- Sofreh Gatherings in London
- Socio-religious Networks in London
- Gender and Discourse
- 4 Iranian Sufi Orders in London 103
- Sufism in Iran
- Sufism and the Islamic Republic
- Sufism in the West
- The Nimatullahi Order
- The Nimatullahi Khaneqah in London
- The Oveyssi Spiritual Tradition
- Maktab Tariqat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi [Islamic School of Sufism]
- The Shahmaghsoudi Oveyssi Order in London
- The Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi Sufi Order and New Religious Movements
- 5 The Iranian Christian Fellowship and Elam Ministries 147
- The Pentecostal Movement
- Protestant Christianity in Iran
- The Iranian Diaspora and Pentecostalism
- Elam Ministries and Ex-Muslims Training to Become Christian Pastors
- The Congregation
- Baptisms and Church Members
- Iranian Women as Born-Again Christians - Preserving Morals
- Expectations of Women Outside of the Church
- 6 Conclusions and Findings 207
- The Iranian Revolution
- The Settlement Process
- Khatami and the Programme of Reforms?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1571815767
- OCLC:
- 53191397
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