London youth, religion, and politics : engagement and activism from Brixton to Brick Lane /

This study concerns the role of religion in the civic integration of London's second-generation youth through comparative ethnographic studies of two groups: the predominantly Christian Jamaican population in Brixton and the predominantly Muslim Bangladeshi population of the East End.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	DeHanas, Daniel Nilsson (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Series:	UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books.
Subjects:	Urban youth > England > London > Cross-cultural studies. Urban youth > Religious life > England > London. Christian youth > England > London. Muslim youth > England > London. Urban youth > Political activity > England > London. London (England) > Race relations. London (England) > Social conditions > 21st century. Jeunes en milieu urbain > Angleterre > Londres > Études transculturelles. Jeunes en milieu urbain > Angleterre > Londres > Vie religieuse. Jeunesse chrétienne > Angleterre > Londres. Jeunesse musulmane > Angleterre > Londres. Jeunes en milieu urbain > Activité politique > Angleterre > Londres. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies. Christian youth Muslim youth Race relations Social conditions Urban youth Urban youth > Political activity England > London 2000-2099 Electronic books. Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:

Cover; London Youth, Religion, and Politics: Engagement and Activism from Brixton to Brick Lane; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; WHY STUDY JAMAICANS AND BANGLADESHIS? WHY IN BRIXTON AND THE EAST END?; HOW I STUDIED SECOND-GENERATION YOUTH; PLAN OF THE BOOK; 1: Losing Faith in the State?; APATHY, ALIENATION, OR ATOMISM?; MEASURING RELIGIOSITY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; RESEARCH FINDINGS; REVISITING MIKE AND HAMID; 2. Muslim First; FOUR TACTICAL STYLES OF SELF-IDENTIFICATION; Continuity; Between Cultures; Hybridity; Deculturation.
BASIC YOUTH VALUESCHOOSING MUSLIM FIRST; STRATEGIC INSTITUTIONS IN THE EAST END; TACTICS OF MUSLIM IDENTIFICATION; AN EXCEPTIONAL CASE; DECULTURATION AND ITS LIMITS; ELASTIC ORTHODOXY; 3: Looking for Black in the Union Jack; RACE, IMMIGRATION, AND COMMUNITIES; JAMAICAN IDENTITY CHOICES; Race; Mabel; Moving with Music; NOT SO BRITISH?; 4: Rooted Religion; THE RELIGIOUS SCENE IN BRIXTON; CASE STUDY CHURCHES AND MOSQUES; BRIXTON SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH: THE DUTIFUL WEST INDIAN CITIZEN; BRICK LANE MOSQUE: THE DUTIFUL BANGLADESHI CITIZEN.
THE LIVE EVENT: OPPOSING GUN AND KNIFE CRIME, ONE PERSON AT A TIME5: New Religion; RUACH CITY CHURCH: CHAMPIONS AND AMBASSADORS; EAST LONDON MOSQUE: ISLAMIZED CITIZENS; CONCLUDING DISCUSSION; 6: The Building Blocks of Social Change; THE BIG IFTAR: BREAKING A RAMADAN FAST FOR THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS; CONCLUSION: THE HEART OF ACTIVISM; 7. Believing Citizens; PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER; WHAT IT MEANS; PRESENT REALITIES, FUTURE HOPES; References; Index.