From Mecca with tolerance: religion, social recategorisation and social capital
Does participation in mass religious rituals promote intergroup conflict or does it promote intergroup tolerance? We assess these claims by examining the effects of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca (the hajj) on sociopolitical views of Muslims in Russia's North Caucasus. Participant observation d...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2015]
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Religion, state & society
Year: 2015, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 371-391 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Caucasus (Nord)
/ Muslim
/ Religious identity
/ Hajj
/ Religious tolerance
/ Social capital
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Further subjects: | B
North Caucasus
B Social Capital B Focus Groups B social categorisation B Tolerance B Russia B Ethnicity B Islam B Pilgrimage B Politics B Hajj B Identity B Kabardino-Balkaria |
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