Being Private in Public Space? The ‘Administration’ of ‘Religion’ in German Prisons
In public institutions like prisons, the question arises if it is possible to be private in public space, because prisons are melting pots of societal change and legal practice through restrictive institutional conditions. To discuss this question, I present data of individual and organized religion...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2016
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| In: |
Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2016, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 402-422 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Germany
/ Prison
/ Administration
/ Religion
/ Participation
/ Religiosity
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society KBB German language area |
| Further subjects: | B
Administration
prison
religious communitization
public institution
religious practice
Islam
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | In public institutions like prisons, the question arises if it is possible to be private in public space, because prisons are melting pots of societal change and legal practice through restrictive institutional conditions. To discuss this question, I present data of individual and organized religion in German prisons and explore the localization of ‘religion’ in prisons. Furthermore, I analyze the regulation of religious private needs in prison, using examples from Muslim practice. The analysis makes clear that ‘religion’ is administrated in a foreign way and ‘administration’ is a key term in the possibility of being private in public institutions. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1874-8929 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of religion in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748929-00904005 |