Heavenly readings : liturgical literacy in a multilingual context
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Heavenly readings : liturgical literacy in a multilingual context
（New perspectives on language and education）
Multilingual Matters, c2008
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-237) and index
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Description
This ethnographic study investigates for the first time in any significant depth the literacy practices associated with the religion of Islam as they are shaped, lived and experienced within a typical multilingual Muslim community in the United Kingdom. It seeks to counterbalance prevailing views on such practices which have often been misinformed, misrepresented and misunderstood. Making liberal recourse to the words, views and lives of its participants, this book describes, explores and celebrates liturgical literacy as a major contributor to group and individual cultural, linguistic and religious identities. In a political and social climate often inimical to religious practices in general, and to Islamic ones in particular, this book highlights the centrality and significance of such literacy practices to minority ethno-religious communities in their daily lives.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Plates
List of Tables and Figures
Part I The Study of Liturgical Literacy
Chapter 1 Introduction to Liturgical Literacy
Chapter 2 The Community and its Ethnography
Part II The Community and its Liturgical Literacy
Chapter 3 Children
Chapter 4 Parents
Chapter 5 Teachers
Chapter 6 Organisers
Part III The Settings for Liturgical Literacy
Chapter 7 Mosques
Chapter 8 Home
Chapter 9 School
Part IV The Languages of Liturgical Literacy
Chapter 10 Urdu
Chapter 11 Mirpuri-Punjabi
Chapter 12 English
Chapter 13 Arabic
Part V Concluding Remarks and Implications
Chapter 14 Concluding Remarks
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