Pious processions. Sites of miraculous healing. Journeys to far-away sacred places. These
are what are usually called to mind when we think of religious pilgrimage. Yet while …

Ten per cent of the childhood population in the UK are of South Asian (SA) origin. Within this
population, over 40% are living with overweight or obesity. The majority of SA children are …

Fieldwork encounters are not only contingent to biographical subjectivities, but are mediated
by a confluence of identity, place and embodiment. This paper offers reflexive accounts of …

Based on first-hand ethnographic insights into Shi'i religious groups in the Middle East and
Europe, this book examines women's resistance to state as well as communal and gender …

In this first anthropological study of Muslim and Hindu lives in urban Myanmar today, Judith
Beyer develops the concept of “we-formation” to demonstrate that individuals are always …

The aim of this study is to understand what specific religious values are being transmitted to
children through online Shia religious communities during the pandemic. Twenty-seven …

Sacralizing the holy month of Muharram in Java or Suroan tradition (because Muharram is
called Suro in the Islamic Javanese Calendar) is unique. However, the historical process of …

National identity and liberal democracy are recurrent themes in debates about Muslim
minorities in the West. Britain is no exception, with politicians responding to claims about …

The promotion of social welfare is dependent on the three-fold partnership between the
state, private bodies, and community groups including formal and informal social workers …

This article explores how the Islamic elegiac genre of marthiya can shed new light on the
social and cultural history of the Muslims of Russia's Volga-Ural region in the late imperial …