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For six months in 2004, controversy raged in Hamtramck, Michigan,
as residents debated a proposed amendment that would exempt the
adhan, or Islamic call to prayer, from the city's anti-noise
ordinance. The call to prayer functioned as a flashpoint in
disputes about the integration of Muslims into this historically
Polish‑Catholic community. No one openly contested Muslims' right
to worship in their mosques, but many neighbors framed their
resistance around what they regarded as the inappropriate public
pronouncement of Islamic presence, an announcement that audibly
intruded upon their public space. Throughout U.S. history,
complaints about religion as noise have proven useful both for
restraining religious dissent and for circumscribing religion's
boundaries more generally. At the same time, religious individuals
and groups rarely have kept quiet. They have insisted on their
right to practice religion out loud, implicitly advancing
alternative understandings of religion and its place in the modern
world. In Religion Out Loud, Isaac Weiner takes such sonic disputes
seriously. Weaving the story of religious "noise" through multiple
historical eras and diverse religious communities, he convincingly
demonstrates that religious pluralism has never been solely a
matter of competing values, truth claims, or moral doctrines, but
of different styles of public practice, of fundamentally different
ways of using body and space--and that these differences ultimately
have expressed very different conceptions of religion itself.
Weiner's innovative work encourages scholars to pay much greater
attention to the publicly contested sensory cultures of American
religious life. In the North American Religions series Isaac Weiner
is Assistant Professor of Religion and Culture in the Department of
Comparative Studies at the Ohio State University.
Offers insight into the complex relationship between religion and
law in contemporary America Why religion? Why law? Why now? In
recent years, the United States has witnessed a number of
high-profile court cases involving religion, forcing Americans to
grapple with questions regarding the relationship between religion
and law. This volume maps the contemporary interplay of religion
and law within the study of American religions. What rights are
protected by the Constitution's free exercise clause? What are the
boundaries of religion, and what is the constitutional basis for
protecting some religious beliefs but not others? What
characterizes a religious-studies approach to religion and law
today? What is gained by approaching law from the vantage point of
religious studies, and what does attention to the law offer back to
scholars of religion? Religion, Law, USA considers all these
questions and more. Each chapter considers a specific keyword in
the study of religion and law, such as "conscience,"
"establishment," "secularity," and "personhood." Contributors
consider specific case studies related to each term, and then
expand their analyses to discuss broader implications for the
practice and study of American religion. Incorporating pieces from
leading voices in the field, this book is an indispensable addition
to the scholarship on religion and law in America.
Offers insight into the complex relationship between religion and
law in contemporary America Why religion? Why law? Why now? In
recent years, the United States has witnessed a number of
high-profile court cases involving religion, forcing Americans to
grapple with questions regarding the relationship between religion
and law. This volume maps the contemporary interplay of religion
and law within the study of American religions. What rights are
protected by the Constitution’s free exercise clause? What are
the boundaries of religion, and what is the constitutional basis
for protecting some religious beliefs but not others? What
characterizes a religious-studies approach to religion and law
today? What is gained by approaching law from the vantage point of
religious studies, and what does attention to the law offer back to
scholars of religion? Religion, Law, USA considers all these
questions and more. Each chapter considers a specific keyword in
the study of religion and law, such as “conscience,”
“establishment,” “secularity,” and “personhood.”
Contributors consider specific case studies related to each term,
and then expand their analyses to discuss broader implications for
the practice and study of American religion. Incorporating pieces
from leading voices in the field, this book is an indispensable
addition to the scholarship on religion and law in America.
For six months in 2004, controversy raged in Hamtramck, Michigan,
as residents debated a proposed amendment that would exempt the
adhan, or Islamic call to prayer, from the city's anti-noise
ordinance. The call to prayer functioned as a flashpoint in
disputes about the integration of Muslims into this historically
Polish‑Catholic community. No one openly contested Muslims' right
to worship in their mosques, but many neighbors framed their
resistance around what they regarded as the inappropriate public
pronouncement of Islamic presence, an announcement that audibly
intruded upon their public space. Throughout U.S. history,
complaints about religion as noise have proven useful both for
restraining religious dissent and for circumscribing religion's
boundaries more generally. At the same time, religious individuals
and groups rarely have kept quiet. They have insisted on their
right to practice religion out loud, implicitly advancing
alternative understandings of religion and its place in the modern
world. In Religion Out Loud, Isaac Weiner takes such sonic disputes
seriously. Weaving the story of religious "noise" through multiple
historical eras and diverse religious communities, he convincingly
demonstrates that religious pluralism has never been solely a
matter of competing values, truth claims, or moral doctrines, but
of different styles of public practice, of fundamentally different
ways of using body and space--and that these differences ultimately
have expressed very different conceptions of religion itself.
Weiner's innovative work encourages scholars to pay much greater
attention to the publicly contested sensory cultures of American
religious life. In the North American Religions series Isaac Weiner
is Assistant Professor of Religion and Culture in the Department of
Comparative Studies at the Ohio State University.
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