Bin Laden is one of us! Representations of religious identity at the Parliament of the World's Religions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12720848 |
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| Authors | John Zavos (University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-61 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture and Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-5610 • E-ISSN: 1475-5629 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14755610801954854 |
| OpenAlex | W2073847942 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
In July 2004 the fourth Parliament of the World's Religions took place in Barcelona. As with previous modern sessions, the Barcelona event was inspired by the original Parliament, which famously took place in Chicago in 1893. This paper examines the idea of the Parliament as a significant forum for the public representation of religious identity in global context. One way this was expressed in 2004 was in relation to political violence. As one delegate exclaimed rhetorically, ‘Bin Laden is one of us!’ This anxious rhetoric highlighted the problem of how to represent religious identity in the contemporary world. Who is included and who excluded from the global community of the religious? By drawing comparison with the 1893 Parliament, the paper argues that representational strategies deployed at the 2004 Parliament demonstrate the tensions and potential ruptures that confront the idea of religious identity in the context of late modernity
Aesthetics · Context (archaeology · Delegate · Identity (music · Modernity · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Religiosity · Religious identity · Representation (politics · Sociology · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Tourism and Spaces
| Highly cited | No |
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