Turkish Muslim immigrants in Britain consist of Turks, Kurds and Turkish Cypriots migrating for different reasons at different times for immigration and asylum. This migrant community has a non-homogeneous structure o...Turkish Muslim immigrants in Britain consist of Turks, Kurds and Turkish Cypriots migrating for different reasons at different times for immigration and asylum. This migrant community has a non-homogeneous structure owing to differences in their life styles, experiences, ideas, feelings, hopes and expectations. Therefore, Turkish Muslim immigrants have been observed living for a long time in the different ethnic, ideological, cultural and religious communities. In this paper, these immigrants＇ religious life and religious organizations in Britain will be focused on. The methodology of this research is based on the field research that the author did from July 9, 2012 to September 9, 2012 in London. According to the investigations, there are mainly four different Turkish Islamic tendencies in Britain. Also, there are about 10 Turkish religious organizations and 27 places of worship belonging to these Islamic discourses in Britain.展开更多
The article, delivered as a lecture, deciphers a government organized symposium on ＂folk beliefs＂ in which the speaker took part as an invitee. It is organized within a confined ＂ethnography of a conference,＂ but ...The article, delivered as a lecture, deciphers a government organized symposium on ＂folk beliefs＂ in which the speaker took part as an invitee. It is organized within a confined ＂ethnography of a conference,＂ but it engages constant interactions between the speaker＇s own reflections on the concepts of superstition, folk religion, and civil solidarity and recent mainland Chinese political and intellectual discussions concerning the ＂crisis of faith＂ （ or the counter-currents of atheism） , ＂religious revival,＂ ethnic isolation, and the expanding Christianity.展开更多
文摘Turkish Muslim immigrants in Britain consist of Turks, Kurds and Turkish Cypriots migrating for different reasons at different times for immigration and asylum. This migrant community has a non-homogeneous structure owing to differences in their life styles, experiences, ideas, feelings, hopes and expectations. Therefore, Turkish Muslim immigrants have been observed living for a long time in the different ethnic, ideological, cultural and religious communities. In this paper, these immigrants＇ religious life and religious organizations in Britain will be focused on. The methodology of this research is based on the field research that the author did from July 9, 2012 to September 9, 2012 in London. According to the investigations, there are mainly four different Turkish Islamic tendencies in Britain. Also, there are about 10 Turkish religious organizations and 27 places of worship belonging to these Islamic discourses in Britain.
文摘The article, delivered as a lecture, deciphers a government organized symposium on ＂folk beliefs＂ in which the speaker took part as an invitee. It is organized within a confined ＂ethnography of a conference,＂ but it engages constant interactions between the speaker＇s own reflections on the concepts of superstition, folk religion, and civil solidarity and recent mainland Chinese political and intellectual discussions concerning the ＂crisis of faith＂ （ or the counter-currents of atheism） , ＂religious revival,＂ ethnic isolation, and the expanding Christianity.
