'I download my prayer schedule': exploring the technological mediation of Islamic religious practice at work
The practice of daily prayers in Islam and how observances such as Ramadan fall each year follow specific solar or lunar calendars different from the Gregorian calendar of UK work places. Identifying the time for daily prayers and finding a place to practise is a skilled activity requiring ways to a...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2015]
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Culture and religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 35-50 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Great Britain
/ Islam
/ Religious practice
/ Prayer
/ Place of work
/ Dissemination of information
/ Technology
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBF British Isles |
| Summary: | The practice of daily prayers in Islam and how observances such as Ramadan fall each year follow specific solar or lunar calendars different from the Gregorian calendar of UK work places. Identifying the time for daily prayers and finding a place to practise is a skilled activity requiring ways to ascertain the correct (and changing) time and a place in which prayer can take place. In the absence of traditional mediation such as the call to prayer broadcast from a local mosque, new, often technologically innovative, approaches are being adopted. This paper reports on a study of how Muslims practise and negotiate the difficulties of performing daily prayers in a UK university. Though technological mediation is a significant aspect of daily prayers, it is but one part of a complex practice which often involves multiple technologies and multiple ways of working. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-5610 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Culture and religion
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