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Book SynopsisThis Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion contributes cases of encounters, diversities and distances to an emerging Jewish-Muslim Studies field. The scholarly essays address both discourses about and lived experiences of minorities in contemporary French, German and UK cities. The authors explore how particular modes of governance and secularism shape individual and collective identities while new technologies re-make interfaith encounters. This volume shows that Middle Eastern and North African pasts and presents weigh on European realities, examines how the pull of Jewish intellectual history is felt by a new generation of Muslim scholars and activists, and uncovers how Orthodox communities negotiate living side by side.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Jews and Muslims in Europe. Between Discourse and Experience Ben Gidley and Samuel Sami Everett part 1 Jews and Muslims in Germany 1 Abrahamic Stranger Muslim German Intellectuals on Jewish German Intellecturals and Questions of Belonging Elisabeth Becker and Ufuk Topkara 2 Desiring Memorials Jews, Muslims, and the Human of Citizenship Sultan Doughan 3 The Politics of Hospitality Welcome and Not So Welcome Middle Easterners in Germany Dani Kranz 4 Precarious Companionship Discourses of Adversity and Commonality in Jewish-Muslim Dialogue Initiatives in Germany Alexander-Kenneth Nagel and Dekel Peretz part 2 Muslims and Jews in France 5 Learning the Language of the Other? Hebrew and Arabic in Two Parisian Associations Samia Hathroubi 6 Between Meta-History and Memory Narrating the Jewish-Muslim Past in Morocco and Present in France Nadia Malinovich 7 Constructing the Otherness of Jews and Muslims in France Hanane Karimi 8 Jews and Muslims in Sarcelles Face to Face or Side by Side? Nonna Mayer and Vincent Tiberj part 3 Jews and Muslims in the UK 9 The Avoidance of Love? Rubbing Shoulders in the Secular City Ruth Sheldon 10 “This Is Just Where We Are in History” Jewish-Muslim Dialogue, Temporality, and Modalities of Solidarity Yulia Egorova 11 Orthodox Fraternities and Contingent Equalities Muslims and Jews between Public (Health) Policy Discourse and Experience Ben Kasstan 12 Locality, Spatiality and Contingency in East London An Interview with Michael Keith Ben Gidley Index
