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Religion out loud : religious sound, public space, and American pluralism / Isaac Weiner.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: North American religionsPublisher: New York : NYU Press, 2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780814708064
  • 0814708064
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion out loudDDC classification:
  • 203/.7 23
LOC classification:
  • BL2525 .W414 2013eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: THE SOUNDS OF POWER; 1. From Sacred Noise to Public Nuisance; 2. Church Bells in the Industrial City; PART II: THE SOUNDS OF DISSENT; 3. A New Regulatory Regime; 4. Sound Car Religion and the Right to Be Left Alone; PART III: THE SOUNDS OF DIFFERENCE; 5. A New Constitutional World and the Illusory Ideal of Neutrality; 6. Calling Muslims-and Christians-to Pray; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Z; About the Author.
Summary: 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 s.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)650430

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

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 s.

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: THE SOUNDS OF POWER; 1. From Sacred Noise to Public Nuisance; 2. Church Bells in the Industrial City; PART II: THE SOUNDS OF DISSENT; 3. A New Regulatory Regime; 4. Sound Car Religion and the Right to Be Left Alone; PART III: THE SOUNDS OF DIFFERENCE; 5. A New Constitutional World and the Illusory Ideal of Neutrality; 6. Calling Muslims-and Christians-to Pray; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Z; About the Author.