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Friday Prayers at YOI Fellside

Friday Prayers at YOI Fellside. Mansur Ali Sophie Gilliat-Ray Stephen Pattison. Main research questions - SP. Who decides to become a Muslim chaplain, and why? What is involved in Muslim chaplaincy practice? How do chaplains navigate the politics of their working lives?

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Friday Prayers at YOI Fellside

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  1. Friday Prayers at YOI Fellside Mansur Ali Sophie Gilliat-Ray Stephen Pattison

  2. Main research questions - SP • Who decides to become a Muslim chaplain, and why? • What is involved in Muslim chaplaincy practice? • How do chaplains navigate the politics of their working lives? • What is the impact of their work, within and beyond their institutions?

  3. Significance of the project - SP • A way to examine how Muslims are developing practices and theologies of ‘pastoral care’ • An exploration of how a new religious profession develops and then becomes contested by tensions around authority and seniority. • An opportunity to examine how religious practice associated with homes, mosques and other private spaces is accommodated in public institutions

  4. YOI Fellside - SP • Fieldwork at the prison on 5 different occasions with: • Senior managers (2) • Muslim chaplains (1 full-time; 4 sessional) • Focus groups with x 2 groups of Muslim boys (8 in each group) • Observation of meetings, office work, Friday prayers, receptions and referrals

  5. Friday prayers- Islamic perspectives - MA The theological and social significance of Jum’a: • Weekly Eid • Special place in Islamic cosmology • Expiation of sins

  6. Friday prayers- Islamic perspectives - MA The theological and social significance of Jum’a: • Prayers are accepted • Khutba as spiritual connection/teaching • Jum’a as a community activity

  7. Publications • 2013, Understanding Muslim Chaplaincy, Ashgate • 2012, ‘Muslim Chaplains: working at the interface of ‘public’ and ‘private’, in Ahmad, W. and Sardar, Z (eds.), in ‘Muslims in Britain: Making Social and Political Space’, Routledge • 2011, ‘Being There’: Shadowing a British Muslim Hospital Chaplain’, Qualitative Research, vol. 11(5): 469-486 • 2010, ‘Bodyworks and Fieldwork: research with British Muslim chaplains’, Culture and Religion, 11(4): 413-432

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