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AbstractThe symbolic and physical map of Istanbul has undergone dramatic shifts over the past four decades. Squatters—the persistent underdogs in this huge metropolis—have mounted an attack against established economic and cultural hierarchies. This challenge has transformed the structures of symbolic violence through the production of an alternative urban space (contentious neighborhoods and districts, teahouses, innovative district and street layouts, and 'Islamic' internal and external architecture). In the process, the meanings of urbanity and provinciality, of secularity and Islam, have been altered—and stigma, along with urban rent, has been systematically redistributed (although redistribution has been far from egalitarian). The dominant sectors ultimately absorbed the attack: squatters remained subordinated, but the terms of subordination have changed. A synthesis of Bourdieu and (a geographically revised) Gramsci sheds light on this process of challenge and absorption in and through urban space.

"Der Beitrag stützt sich auf eine empirische Untersuchung, die vom Institut für Politische Wissenschaft und der Arbeitsgruppe Interdisziplinäre Sozialstrukturforschung (agis) der Universität Hannover in Kooperation mit der Evangelischen Akademie Loccum durchgeführt wurde. Thematisch bildete der so genannte Bindungsverlust der Kirche den Ausgangspunkt, das heißt die zurückgehende Beteiligung an kirchlichen Arbeitsformen sowie die offenbar nachlassende Bedeutung kirchlich-religiöser Orientierungen. Erstmalig wurden diese Phänomene nach dem Ansatz der 'sozialen Milieus' (vgl. Vester u.a. 2001) und der Habitus- und Feldtheorie von Pierre Bourdieu (vgl. 1982; 1987) untersucht. Aufgrund dieses Konzeptes gingen die Verfasser davon aus, dass die Beziehung der Milieus zu Kirche und Religion vielschichtig und durch die häufig verwendeten Begriffe wie 'nah' oder 'fern' nicht hinreichend ausgedrückt ist. Eine der Fragen war auch, ob die von Klaus von Bismarck (1957) festgestellte 'Milieuverengung' der Kirche (vgl. auch Ebertz 1997) nach wie vor besteht bzw. welches Gesicht sie heute hat?" (Textauszug)

'Embattled America' is a reinterpretation of conservative evangelical persecution claims. The centrality of such claims to American life is widely known. This book, however, argues against standard approaches to them. It interprets a range of controversial subjects and persons surrounding embattled religion, from the Obama-to-Trump era: Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, Wallbuilders, anti-sharia legislation and birthers. The lesson of each episode is linked not to any iteration of religion but to a democratic fundament that is obscured in the obsession with controversial religion.

In this article, I examine the ways in which health activists from Afro-Brazilian religions deploy ethnic identity politics within the Brazilian public health arena to gain recognition and respect for their beliefs and practices, as well as public health goods for their communities. I also discuss the creation and enactment of "culturally competent" healthcare initiatives for members of Afro-Brazilian religions. Finally, I examine the tension between universal particular identity frames that emerges within the political discourses of health activists from Afro-Brazilian religions. Throughout, I place this case study in dialogue with similar scholarship on minority health politics and cultural competence initiatives in other parts of the world.

"The Special Role of Religion in LGBT-Related Attitudes" published on by Oxford University Press.

Klocek reviews 'Human Rights, Virtue, and the Common Good: Untimely Meditations on Religion and Politics' by Ernst L. Fortin and edited by Brian Benestad.

Catholicism and democracy -- Law and morality -- The church and politics -- Catholicism and the architecture of freedom -- Catholicism and democracy -- Is there only secular democracy? -- Faith, reason, and life -- God, evolution, and consilience -- The role of the bishop in promoting the Gospel of life -- The case for God -- Theology and the university -- Human dignity, human rights, and moral responsibility

The essay examines the narratives Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) promulgated to explain its role in the mass killings of Partai Komunis Indonesia (PKI) members in 1965�66. Drawing on interviews and documents, the authors describe the history of antagonism between the NU and PKI and the role NU members played in the killings. It also shows how the organization perceived and articulated Indonesian communists as a threat to the Muslim community and to Islam itself. In the second half of the article, the authors reflect on how the NU and individuals within the NU have dealt with the legacy of 1965 over the last ten years.

The essay examines the narratives Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) promulgated to explain its role in the mass killings of Partai Komunis Indonesia (PKI) members in 1965�66. Drawing on interviews and documents, the authors describe the history of antagonism between the NU and PKI and the role NU members played in the killings. It also shows how the organization perceived and articulated Indonesian communists as a threat to the Muslim community and to Islam itself. In the second half of the article, the authors reflect on how the NU and individuals within the NU have dealt with the legacy of 1965 over the last ten years.

This book explores how the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the leading centre of spiritual authority in the Orthodox Church, based in Istanbul, coped with political developments from Ottoman times until the present. The book outlines how under the Ottomans, despite difficult circumstances, the Patriarchate managed to draw on its huge symbolic and moral power and organization to uphold the unity and catholicity of the Orthodox Church, how it struggled to do this during the subsequent age of nationalism when churches within new nation-states unilaterally claimed their autonomy reflecting local national demands, and how the church coped in the twentieth century with the rise of nationalist Turkey, the decline of Orthodoxy in Asia Minor and with the Cold War. The book concludes by assessing the current position and future prospects of the Patriarchate in the region and the world.

This book provides a novel approach to the history of medieval Anatolia by analysing political, religious and cultural developments in the region of Kastamonu during the reign of the Chobanid dynasty (c. 1211–1309). During the 13th century, the Chobanids consolidated a local dynasty in western Anatolia – a borderland between Islam and Christianity – becoming cultural actors patronising the production of religious, scientific and administrative works in the Persian language. These works, though surviving today in manuscript form, have received little attention in modern historiography. The book therefore attends to this gap in the research, incorporating a detailed study of texts by little-known authors from the time. The book explores the relationship between Islam and the Chobanid dynasty in the context of the wider process of Islamisation in medieval Anatolia, hypothesising that Turkmen dynasties played a fundamental role in this process of Islamisation and acculturation. The Chobanids of Kastamonu, then, offers an in-depth study of a Turkmen local dynasty that achieved political autonomy, financial independence and cultural patronage in medieval Anatolia vis-à-vis the main political powers of the time. Attentive to religious diversity, state formation and processes of transculturation in medieval Anatolia, the book is key reading for scholars of Middle Eastern history and Islamic studies.