Overview
- Engages in debates centered around multiculturalism, particularly on the issues of identity, recognition, and difference
- Combines a discussion of multiculturalism in Britain with insights from political theology
- Identifies and interrogates multiculturalism’s shortcomings in relation to specifically religious identities and belonging
Part of the book series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series (CAL)
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This book argues that multiculturalism remains a relevant and vital framework through which to understand and construct inclusive forms of citizenship. Responding to contemporary ethnic and religious diversity in European states and the position of religious minorities, debates in multiculturalism have revitalized discussion of the public role of religion, yet multiculturalism has been increasingly challenged in both political as well as academic circles.
With a focus on Britain and through a study of the narratives of British converts to Islam, this book engages in debates centered around multiculturalism, particularly on the issues of identity, recognition, and difference. Yet, it also identifies and interrogates multiculturalism’s shortcomings in relation to specifically religious identities and belonging.
In a unique and innovative analysis, this book combines a discussion of multiculturalism in Britain with insights from political theology. It juxtaposes multiculturalism’s concepts of ethno-religious identity and recognition with the notions of religiosity and hospitality to offer a new perspective on religious identity and the implications of this for thinking with and about multiculturalism and multicultural social and political relations.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Thomas Sealy is Research Associate in the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at University of Bristol.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Religiosity and Recognition
Book Subtitle: Multiculturalism and British Converts to Islam
Authors: Thomas Sealy
Series Title: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75127-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-75126-5Published: 29 June 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-75129-6Published: 30 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-75127-2Published: 28 June 2021
Series ISSN: 2947-6100
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6119
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 233
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology of Religion, Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime, Islam