Believing and Belonging:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Believing and Belonging: "
Laurens de Rooij

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072986
Doc. No	:	LA116615
Call No	:	‭10.1163/18748929-01002007‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Laurens de Rooij
Title & Author	:	Believing and Belonging: [Article] : The Aesthetics of Media Representations of Islam and Muslims in Britain and Its Relationship to British Civil Religion\ Laurens de Rooij
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Religion in Europe
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	10/1-2
Page No	:	172–217
Abstract	:	Increasingly, debates are dealing with the integration and the compatibility of Islam with British values and society. Media narratives are used to conceptualise Islam in Britain. The existing protocols of religion, media, and public space characterise that environment, as well as dictating the participation of members in that space. This paper discusses how media constructions of Islam are linked to civil religion. It does so by discussing: (1) how the media’s protocols of public discourse affect the framing of religious identities; (2) how the media defines the aesthetic parameters of religious expression; (3) how the conceptualisation(s) of civil religion are used to regulate Islam in Britain. This study utilises a qualitative content analysis of media frames. Findings suggest that the aesthetic elements (media representations of Islam and Muslims) regulate Islam and Muslims through the codes and conventions (civil religion) of British society.
Descriptor	:	aesthetics of religion
Descriptor	:	civil religion
Descriptor	:	content analysis
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	Islam
Descriptor	:	media discourse
Descriptor	:	Muslims
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/18748929-01002007‬