ISBN:
1847060331
,
9781847060334
Language:
English
Pages:
VII, 181 S.
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Continuum religious studies
DDC:
365/.6088297
Keywords:
Prisoners Religious life
;
Muslims
;
Prisoners
;
Religious life
;
Great Britain
;
Muslims
;
Great Britain
;
Großbritannien
;
Muslim
;
Gefangener
;
Religiöse Identität
;
Großbritannien
;
Islam
;
Fundamentalismus
;
Radikalismus
;
Strafentlassener
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Muslims, Islam and crime in the United Kingdom -- Excluded and borderline lives : crime and existential fear -- Bars, fluorescent lights and alienation : 'the torment of the grave' -- Rediscovering Islam in prison : between wonder and cognitive opening -- The shahadah of freedom : from doctrinal to imagistic modes of Islam -- From caged bodies to caged souls : the dystopian experience of leaving prison -- Conclusions.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes