From Mecca with tolerance: religion, social recategorisation and social capital

Does participation in mass religious rituals promote intergroup conflict or does it promote intergroup tolerance? We assess these claims by examining the effects of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca (the hajj) on sociopolitical views of Muslims in Russia's North Caucasus. Participant observation d...

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Authors: Alexseev, Mikhail A. 1963- (Author) ; Zhemukhov, Sufian N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2015]
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2015, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 371-391
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Caucasus (Nord) / Muslim / Religious identity / Hajj / Religious tolerance / Social capital
Further subjects:B North Caucasus
B Social Capital
B Focus Groups
B social categorisation
B Tolerance
B Russia
B Ethnicity
B Islam
B Pilgrimage
B Politics
B Hajj
B Identity
B Kabardino-Balkaria
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