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Oliver Scharbrodt

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‘Spatial methodology’ in religion and belief research : the example of a study of Twelver Shii Muslim networks in Britain

Author

  • Oliver Scharbrodt

Editor

  • Christopher Baker
  • Beth R. Crisp
  • Adam Dinham

Summary, in English

This chapter discusses recent debates on the development of a spatial methodology in the study of diasporic religions and its use in research on minority religious communities, their transnational dimensions and their place and role in public life. These contributions are used to understand the multiple spatial layers in which transnational religious networks are located and to question some of the discursive dichotomies created around diasporic religious communities such as regressive vs. progressive, purity vs. hybridity, continuity vs. discontinuity, transnationalism vs. localism. To exemplify and apply these theoretical reflections, the chapter uses the results of ethnographic fieldwork conducted as part of a larger project on Twelver Shii Muslim transnational networks that operate between Britain and the Middle East.

Publishing year

2018-08

Language

English

Pages

55-74

Publication/Series

Re-imagining religion and belief : 21st century policy and practice

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Policy Press

Topic

  • Religious Studies

Status

Published

Project

  • Alterumma - Creating an Alternative umma: Clerical Authority and Religio-political Mobilisation in Transnational Shii Islam

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9781447347101
  • ISBN: 978-1447347095