Religion Out Loud: Religious Sound, Public Space, and American Pluralism

by Isaac Weiner

Book Overview

For six months in 2004, controversy raged in Hamtramck, Michigan, as residents debated a proposed amendment that would exempt the adhan, or Islamic call to prayer, from the city's anti-noise ordinance. The call to prayer functioned as a flashpoint in disputes about the integration of Muslims into this historically Polish-Catholic community. No one openly contested Muslims' right to worship in their mosques, but many neighbors framed their resistance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814708072
• ISBN13: 9780814708071
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"