“Arabic is the language of the Muslims - that’s how it was supposed to be”: exploring language and religious identity through reflective accounts from young British-born Asians.
| dc.contributor.author | Jaspal, Rusi | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Coyle, Adrian | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-10T16:00:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-10T16:00:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study explores how a group of young British-born South Asians understood and defined their religious and linguistic identities, focusing upon the role played by heritage languages and liturgical languages and by religious socialisation. Twelve British-born South Asians were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. Interview transcripts were subjected to interpretative pheno- menological analysis. Four superordinate themes are reported. These addressed participants’ meaning-making regarding ‘‘the sanctification of language’’ and the consequential suitability of ‘‘the liturgical language as a symbol of religious community’’; the themes of ‘‘ethnic pride versus religious identity’’ and ‘‘linguistic Otherness and religious alienation’’ concerned potential ethno-linguistic barriers to a positive religious identity. Findings are interpreted in terms of concepts drawn from relevant identity theories and tentative recommendations are offered concerning the facilitation of positive religious and ethnic identities. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Jaspal, R. and Coyle, A. (2010) “Arabic is the language of the Muslims - that’s how it was supposed to be”: exploring language and religious identity through reflective accounts from young British-born Asians. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 13 (1), pp. 17-36. | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/13674670903127205 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1367–4676 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2086/8027 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
| dc.publisher | Taylor and Francis | en |
| dc.researchgroup | Psychology | en |
| dc.researchinstitute | Media Discourse Centre (MDC) | en |
| dc.researchinstitute | Mary Seacole Research Centre | en |
| dc.subject | identity | en |
| dc.subject | religion | en |
| dc.subject | culture | en |
| dc.subject | language | en |
| dc.subject | South Asians | en |
| dc.subject | interpretative phenomenological analysis | en |
| dc.subject | qualitative | en |
| dc.title | “Arabic is the language of the Muslims - that’s how it was supposed to be”: exploring language and religious identity through reflective accounts from young British-born Asians. | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
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