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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marranci, Gabriele.

Series:

Continuum religious studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoners--Religious life--Great Britain.

Prisoners.

Muslims--Great Britain.

Muslims.

Prisoners--Religious life.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

vii, 181 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2009]

Summary:

Based upon four years of 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, Using an innovative neurocognitive anthropological approach which rejects cultural essentialism and reductionism, Gabriele Marranci, after discussing the controversial topic of 'Muslim criminality' thoroughly examines the religious life of Muslim priosoners and ex-prisoners. He provides an analysis of the effect of current prison policies aiming to prevent radicalisation, and discusses the increasing young Muslim presence in prisons. Marranc suggests that the prison environment itself and increasing restriction therein, rather than alleged exposure to radical material within prisons, are facilitating identity processes in which Islam turns into an ideology.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781847060334

1847060331

OCLC:

231585950