Changing constructions of religious visibility: The case of an African American Muslim community in South Central LA
Through a case study of a mosque in Los Angeles, I examine how changing constructions of space affect the ways a religious community comes together to engage faith. I show how as the neighborhood was undergoing dramatic change, so too were the ways believers at the mosque interpreted Islam. I divide...
| Published in: | Social compass |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2019]
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| In: |
Social compass
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Los Angeles, Calif.
/ The Americas
/ Blacks
/ Islam
/ Municipality
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam |
| Further subjects: | B
Space
B religious visibility B mosque B Islam B afro-américains B Espace B visibilité religieuse B African Americans B mosquée |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | Through a case study of a mosque in Los Angeles, I examine how changing constructions of space affect the ways a religious community comes together to engage faith. I show how as the neighborhood was undergoing dramatic change, so too were the ways believers at the mosque interpreted Islam. I divide my analyses into three parts, following the major chronological shifts of religious praxis in this African American Muslim community: (1) early days as members of the Nation of Islam (1950-1975); (2) 'transition' from the Nation to Sunni Islam in the mid 1970s; (3) and the post-transition period of rebuilding that continues into the present day. Together they produce a historical interaction effect of economic, demographic (immigration) and internal religious changes that lead to current dilemmas mosque members must address. L'étude d'une mosquée à Los Angeles permet d'analyser comment les changements de construction spatiale influencent les modalités selon lesquelles une communauté religieuse appréhende sa foi. L'autrice a analysé comment l'évolution dramatique subie par le quartier a fini par modifier l'interprétation que les fidèles donnent de l'Islam. L'analyse chronologique de l'étude s'articule en trois étapes, épousant les transformations des pratiques religieuses au sein de cette communauté musulmane afro-américaine: (1) à l'origine, l'appartenance à The Nation of Islam (1950-1970); (2) la 'transition' vers l'islam sunnite des années 1970; (3) et, enfin, la période suivante de reconstruction jusqu'à nos jours. Ce parcours est le résultat d'une interaction entre bouleversements économiques, démographiques (immigration) et transformations religieuses internes, qui conduit les fidèles de la mosquée aux dilemmes actuels qu'ils doivent désormais affronter. |
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| ISSN: | 1461-7404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Social compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0037768618813765 |