Title & Author:

Global prayers : contemporary manifestations of the religious in the city / edited by Jochen Becker, Katrin Klingan, Stephan Lanz, Kathrin Wildner.

Publication:

Zürich : Lars Müller Publishers, [2014]
©2014

Description:

655 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

MetroZones ; 13

Notes:
Illustrations on lining papers.
"Urban studies as well as artistic productions have long viewed religion and urbanity as mutually exclusive. Global Prayers, in contrast, puts the case for just such reciprocal influences. The publication is based on the work of an international network of researchers as well as artists, focusing on diverse urban assemblages and religious communities. The contributions record their movements and critically engage with them. The research and cultural project Global Prayers examines questions of redemption and liberation in the cities of the world. New religious practices permeate public spaces and the cultural scenes of these metropolises. Religious communities inscribe themselves into urban life acoustically, typographically, and architecturally. They generate their own aesthetics and forms of consumption."--P. [4] of cover.
"A book by metroZones, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, and Europa-Universität Viadrina".
Includes bibliographical references.
Assembling global prayers in the city : an attempt at repopulate urban theory with religion / Stephan Lanz -- Global prayers, migration, post-migration / Werner Schiffauer -- On research with global prayers / Katrin Wildner -- Dramaturgies of spatial and temporal interference -- or, how to curate a forum for the Global Prayers Research Project / Katrin Klingan and Johannes Ismaiel-Wendt -- Stripped religion industries : Nigerian perspectives on Las Vegas and back again / Jochen Becker -- Lagos strip / Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber -- The Arab "Spring" and the rise of the fundamentalist city / Nezar Alsayyad -- Religiously urban and faith in the city : reflections on the movements of the youth in Central Africa and Southeast Asia / Abdoumaliq Simone -- Secular resistance and first post-secular steps: how Berlin deals with global prayes / Werner Schiffauer -- Redeeming urban spaces : the ambivalence of building a Pentecostal city in Lagos, Nigeria / Asonzeh Ukah -- Negotiation as a research methodology / Ayse Cavdar -- Religious women in Istanbul / Hidayet Tuksal in conversation with Candan Yildiz -- Multi-relgious societies and the right to the city : the case of the Mosque of al-Khandaq al-Ghamiq in Beirut / Joseph Rustom -- Ruins and construction, crucifixes and flags : the political-sectarian spatiality of a frontier in Beirut / Hiba Bout Akar -- Global prayers in "global cities" : notes on Afro-Christian spatiality in Atlanta and London / David Garbin -- Worshiping at the Golden Age Hotel : transnational networks, economy, religion, and migration of the Congolese in Istanbul / Gerda Heck -- Global prayers : posters / Paola Yacoub, Surabhi Sharma, Sevgi Ortac, Katja Reichard, Christian Hanussek, Magdalena Kallenberger, and Dorothea Nold -- "There is no answer to any of these things" : religious street politics in Tehran 1978ff / Hangameh Golestan and Sandra Schäfer -- Cemetery state / Filip De Boeck -- How to fabricate heroes? / Paola Yacoub -- Tā'ifa / Joseph Rustom -- Performing crowds : the circulative urban forms of the Tariq Alawiya Youth Movement in contemporary Indonesia / Aryo Danusiri -- Techniques of inattention : the mediality of loudspeakers in Nigeria / Brian Larkin -- "When you are in an environment like Lagos, you need a connection to something higher, to make meaning out of all the madness around you" / Adé Bantu in conversation with Sabrina Dittus -- Observing relgion, performing politics : the Chhath Puja and the Ganpati Mahotsave in Mumbai / George Jose talks to Stephen Lanz, Kathrin Wildner, and Jochen Becker -- From Padre Mugica to Santa Muerte? : liberation spirits and religious mutations in urban space in Latin America / Anne Huffschmid -- The vision God gave the pastor / Camilo José Vergara -- Chuches : a photographic record of secular buildings converted into places of worship in the greater London area / David Spero -- Mass-produced faith / Surabhi Sharma -- Speaking in tongues : crowds, assistants, and miracles / Aernout Mik -- Religion, popular culture, and the city : pentecostalism, carnival and Carioca funk in Rio de Jeaneiro / Martijn Oosterbaan -- On "speaking in tongues": experiences of researching religious practices / Aernout Mik and Martijn Oosterbaan in conversation with Jochen Becker -- Rebranding familiar images : intertextuality in Christian Nollywood / Ferdinand Mbecha -- Beyond the city : urban experiences of Muslim Cariocas / Amanda S.A. Dias -- The renegotiation of boundaries between Islam and the "modern" : perceptions of religious women in Istanbul / Özge Aktas and Eda Ünlü-Yücesöy -- Christian hymns and noises in Beirut / Thomas Burkhalter -- Gheee-Zuss : the sonic materialities of belief / Johannes Ismaiel-Wendt -- Global prayers : how the academy and the arts circumambulate the city / Filip de Boeck -- The pious city : comments on the unusual urban / Yasmeen Arif -- Unfold = negotiate, localize, and assemble : how urban studies can examine religion / Alexa Färber -- Cities between heaven and hell / Regina Bittner -- Lessons from "global prayers" : how religion takes place in the city / Birgit Meyer -- Atlanta, Beirut, Berlin, Cairo, Istanbul, Jakarta, Kinshasa, Lagos, Mexico City, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Tehran / Ronald Düker and Stefanie Peter -- Religiously urban / Stephan Lanz.
Library copy: selected for the Multidisciplinary Research Project on "Centring Africa: Postcolonial Perspectives on Architecture", 2019-2021, developed by the CCA with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Summary:

Religious communities inscribe themselves into the cityspace not only socially and politically, but also acoustically and architecturally. This book examines the mutual influence of religion and urbanism, looking at how various forms of faith manifest themselves in the cities of the world. Photo essays, interviews, reports, scientific texts, and artistic photo spreads inquire into the making of urban religion and the production of religious urbanity.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

9783037783733 (hbk.)
3037783737 (hbk.)

Subject:

Cities and towns Religious aspects.
Religious communities.
Sociology, Urban.
Villes Aspect religieux.
Communautés (Religion)
Sociologie urbaine.
urban sociology.

Added entries:

Becker, Jochen, 1962- editor.
Klingan, Katrin, editor.
Lanz, Stephan, editor.
Wildner, Kathrin, editor.
Becker, Jochen editor of compilation.
Klingan, Katrin editor of compilation.
Lanz, Stephan editor of compilation.
Wildner, Kathrin editor of compilation.
metroZones (Association)
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt an der Oder
MetroZones ; 13.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 317775
Call No.: 317775
Status: Available