Religion in Diaspora

Nazneen Ahmed, University College London, UKJonathan A. Boyarin, Cornell University, USAKatherine Pratt Ewing, Columbia University, USAElena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, University College London, UKJane Garnett, University of Oxford, UKBen Gidley, University of Oxford, UKFlorence Gurung, University of Oxford, UKAlana Harris, King's College London, UKSondra L. Hausner, University of Oxford, UKOusmane Oumar Kane, Harvard Divinity School, USAMichael Keith, University of Oxford, UKTuomas Martikainen, University of Helsinki, FinlandSamantha May, University of Aberdeen, UKJill Middlemas, University of Zürich, SwitzerlandRamon Sarró, University of Oxford, UKFaiz Sheikh, University of Exeter, UKJasjit Singh, University of Leeds, UKAbraham Zablocki, Agnes Scott College, USA

"The need for boldly comparative and theoretically sophisticated work on diasporas has become increasingly obvious in recent years. This book responds to that need brilliantly as it crosses disciplinary boundaries in presenting case studies of interactions between religion, diaspora and citizenship from around the world. Taken together, the chapters present us with methodological as well as theoretical inspiration. They also encourage us to consider still wider questions, about the connections and disjunctions between forms of political, cultural and religious belonging, and the links between territory and association in human life, past and present." - Simon Coleman, University of Toronto, Canada "Balancing rights and responsibilities, finding a meaningful place to dwell within the nation state, and contributing to its history, society and vision for the future without forsaking one's own memories and connections with other times and places is what active diasporic citizenship is all about. And it is not new. It is important social and cultural work to which migrants bring a strong sense of identity, moral boundaries and theological commitments. The authors writing in this timely volume take this work seriously, looking beneath current fears and assumptions about religion and the global order at how religious minorities in diaspora have sustained their communities and traditions whilst negotiating for recognition and participation as citizens." - Kim Knott, University of Lancaster, UK

• Introduction; Jane Garnett; Sondra L. Hausner PART I: MEMORIES AND LEGACIES 1. Reconsidering "Diaspora"; Jonathan Boyarin 2. Biblical Case Studies of Diaspora Jews and Constructions of Religious Identity; Jill Middlemas 3. Historicising diaspora spaces: performing faith, race and place in London's East End; Nazneen Ahmed with Jane Garnett, Ben Gidley, Alana Harris and Michael Keith 4. Remembering the umma in the confines of the nation state; Faiz Sheikh; Samantha May PART II: ASSOCIATION 5. Negotiating Settlement: Senegalese Muslim Immigrants and the Politics of Multiple Belongings in New York City; Ousmane Kane 6. Reconfiguring the Societal Place of Religion in Finland: Islamic Communities Move from the Margins to Partner in Civil Society; Tuomas Martikainen 7. The Voice(s) of British Sikhs; Jasjit Singh 8. State level representation versus community cohesion: competing influences on Nepali religious associations in the UK; Florence Gurung PART III: SYMBOLS 9. The Veiling of Religious Markers in the Sahrawi Diaspora; Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh 10. 'Islam is not a Culture': Reshaping a Muslim Public for a Secular World; Katherine Pratt Ewing 11. Hope, Margin, Example: The Kimbanguist Diaspora in Lisbon; Ramon Sarro 12. Green Books, Blue Books, and Buddhism as Symbols of Belonging in the Tibetan Diaspora: Towards an Anthropology of Fictive Citizenship; Abraham Zablocki Afterword; Jane Garnett; Sondra L. Hausner