Religion Out Loud Religious Sound, Public Space, and American Pluralism

Name: Religion Out Loud Religious Sound, Public Space, and American Pluralism
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ISBN: 9780814708200

ISBN-10: 081470820X

ISBN-13: 9780814708200

Edition: 2013

Authors: Isaac Weiner

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For six months in 2004, controversy raged in Hamtramck, Michigan, as residents debated a proposed amendment that would exempt the adhan, or Islamic call to prayer, from the city’s anti-noise ordinance. The call to prayer functioned as a flashpoint in disputes about the integration of Muslims into this historically Polish‑Catholic community. No one openly contested Muslims’ right to worship in their mosques, but many neighbors framed their resistance around what they regarded as the inappropriate public pronouncement of Islamic presence, an announcement that audibly intruded upon their public space. Throughout U.S. history, complaints about religion as noise have proven useful both for…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 12/9/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Isaac Weiner is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Georgia State University.