You're in the French army now!' Institutionalising Islam in the republic's army
The establishment in 2006 of a military chaplaincy to Muslims in the French armed forces was a historic initiative which normalised the situation of France's second religion within the institution. The purpose of this article is to explore the conditions for the emergence of this chaplaincy. Fr...
| Subtitles: | Military Chaplaincy |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2015]
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| In: |
Religion, state & society
Year: 2015, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-84 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
France
/ Military
/ Islam
/ Military chaplain
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| Further subjects: | B
Chaplaincy
B Islam B Religion B Laicité B Secularism B Armies |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | The establishment in 2006 of a military chaplaincy to Muslims in the French armed forces was a historic initiative which normalised the situation of France's second religion within the institution. The purpose of this article is to explore the conditions for the emergence of this chaplaincy. From a socio-historical perspective, I analyse not only the many paradoxes surrounding the status of a Muslim military chaplain in the French context but also the various sociological factors and policies that have contributed to its institutionalisation. In the second part of the article I describe how this body operates, drawing on empirical data on the practices and experiences of Muslim personnel within the French military. |
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| ISSN: | 1465-3974 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion, state & society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2015.1022400 |