| Autor: |
Rückamp, Veronika, Limacher, Katharina |
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Journal of Religion in Europe; 2016, Vol. 9 Issue 4, p369-401, 33p, 2 Color Photographs |
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Public events by immigrant religious organisations are a fairly new phenomenon in European societies. This article analyses and compares two such events: Diwali Mela, the Hindu festival of lights, and the Open Mosque Day organised by Muslim umbrella organisations. Using basic concepts of new institutional theory, we will show how immigrant religious organisations adopt established event formats and translate them into their own context. Interestingly, different factors influence the way they present themselves and their religious tradition at the public event. Three of these factors are of major impact: the secular image of the role of religion in society, the discourse about Islam and Hinduism, and finally the organisations’ own religious concepts. We argue that the action generated out of this leads to the masking of two major aspects of religion: the rites and the believers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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