The accommodation of the funeral practices: differences between Jewish and Muslim communities in Barcelona

Authors

  • Gloria García-Romeral Investigacions en Sociologia de la Religió (ISOR). Departament de Sociologia. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Julia Martínez-Ariño Investigacions en Sociologia de la Religió (ISOR). Departament de Sociologia. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Keywords:

religion, sociology of religion, minorities, accommodation, funeral practice, Jewish communities, Muslim communities, Barcelona.

Abstract

Through cooperation agreements the Spanish Government grants recognition to the different funeral rites practiced by different religious minority groups. These same agreements also recognise the right of these religious minorities to create their own denominational plots within municipal cemeteries and guarantee the observation of their funeral practices. In our article, we compare the funeral practice and management of Barcelona’s Muslim and Jewish communities. Based on a qualitative approach, and by using different arguments, including the theory of resource mobilisation, we attempt to explain the similarities and differences in the results and the negotiating capacity of both religious communities.


Keywords: religion, sociology of religion, minorities, accommodation, funeral practice, Jewish communities, Muslim communities, Barcelona.

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Author Biographies

Gloria García-Romeral, Investigacions en Sociologia de la Religió (ISOR). Departament de Sociologia. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Doctora en Socioogia i membre del grup de recerca ISOR (Investigacions en Sociologia de la Religió) del Departament de Sociologia de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona


Julia Martínez-Ariño, Investigacions en Sociologia de la Religió (ISOR). Departament de Sociologia. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Membre del grup de recerca ISOR (Investigacions en Sociologia de la Religió) del Departament de Sociologia de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona


 

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Published

2013-02-19

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