Heavenly readings
Subtitle: liturgical literacy in a multilingual context
By: Andrey Rosowsky.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters; Multilingual Matters Limited
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Buffalo, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781847690937; 9781847690920; 9781847690944
Subjects: Islamic religious education; Islam -- Rituals; Language and languages -- Study and teaching; Literacy
Description: "This ethnographic study investigates for the first time in any significant depth the literacy practices associated with the religion of Islam as they are shaped, lived and experienced within a typical Muslim community in the United Kingdom. It seeks to counterbalance prevailing views on such practices which have often been misrepresented and misunderstood."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: Acknowledgements; title: List of plates; title: List of tables and figures; title: The study of liturgical literacy. Introduction to liturgical literacy; title: The community and its ethnography; title: The community and its liturgical literacy. Children; title: Parents; title: Teachers; title: Organisers; title: The settings for liturgical literacy. Mosques; title: Home; title: School; title: The languages of liturgical literacy. Urdu; title: Mirpuri-Punjabi; title: English; title: Arabic; title: Concluding remarks and implications; title: Concluding remarks.