Book by Pember, Don R., Johnson, Michelle

Student Study Guide to accompany Mass Media Law

Johnson, Michelle

Pember, Don R.

Media & the Law

Mcgraw-Hill College

Remaking Islam in African Portugal: Lisbon―Mecca―Bissau (Framing the Global)

When Guinean Muslims leave their homeland, they encounter radically new versions of Islam and new approaches to religion more generally. In Remaking Islam in African Portugal, Michelle C. Johnson explores the religious lives of these migrants in the context of diaspora. Since Islam arrived in West Africa centuries ago, Muslims in this region have long conflated ethnicity and Islam, such that to be Mandinga or Fula is also to be Muslim. But as they increasingly encounter Muslims not from Africa, as well as other ways of being Muslim, they must question and revise their understanding of "proper" Muslim belief and practice. Many men, in particular, begin to separate African custom from global Islam. Johnson maintains that this cultural intersection is highly gendered as she shows how Guinean Muslim men in Lisbon--especially those who can read Arabic, have made the pilgrimage to Mecca, and attend Friday prayer at Lisbon's central mosque--aspire to be cosmopolitan Muslims. By contrast, Guinean women--many of whom never studied the Qur'an, do not read Arabic, and feel excluded from the mosque--remain more comfortably rooted in African custom. In response, these women have created a "culture club" as an alternative Muslim space where they can celebrate life course rituals and Muslim holidays on their own terms. Remaking Islam in African Portugal highlights what being Muslim means in urban Europe and how Guinean migrants' relationships to their ritual practices must change as they remake themselves and their religion.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Indiana University Press

When Guinean Muslims leave their homeland, they encounter radically new versions of Islam and new approaches to religion more generally. In Remaking Islam in African Portugal, Michelle C. Johnson explores the religious lives of these migrants in the context of diaspora. Since Islam arrived in West Africa centuries ago, Muslims in this region have long conflated ethnicity and Islam, such that to be Mandinga or Fula is also to be Muslim. But as they increasingly encounter Muslims not from Africa, as well as other ways of being Muslim, they must question and revise their understanding of "proper" Muslim belief and practice. Many men, in particular, begin to separate African custom from global Islam. Johnson maintains that this cultural intersection is highly gendered as she shows how Guinean Muslim men in Lisbon―especially those who can read Arabic, have made the pilgrimage to Mecca, and attend Friday prayer at Lisbon's central mosque―aspire to be cosmopolitan Muslims. By contrast, Guinean women―many of whom never studied the Qur'an, do not read Arabic, and feel excluded from the mosque―remain more comfortably rooted in African custom. In response, these women have created a "culture club" as an alternative Muslim space where they can celebrate life course rituals and Muslim holidays on their own terms. Remaking Islam in African Portugal highlights what being Muslim means in urban Europe and how Guinean migrants' relationships to their ritual practices must change as they remake themselves and their religion.

Mass Media Law: 1998 Edition

William C Brown Pub

30 Amazing Stories of Resilience to Help You Heal, Connect, and Thrive Featuring thirty personal essays about finding resilience through yoga, this inspiring book supports your journey to self-acceptance and empowerment. Susanna Barkataki, Zabie Yamasaki, Jan Adams, Michael Hayes, Amanda Huggins, Sarah Harry, Alli Simon, and many other renowned practitioners present extraordinary stories of overcoming addiction, working through trauma, and learning how to heal from grief. Topics of loss and hardship are often swept aside in conversations about mindfulness and yoga, but this remarkable book offers profound wisdom on how your practice can help you carry on during challenging times. Explore unique perspectives on trauma related to gender, identity, and body image. Discover uplifting messages of recovery, awakening, and belonging. This anthology encourages you to reconnect with your body and transform it into a trusted ally that provides strength you didn't realize you had. Includes a foreword by Hala Khouri, MA, cofounder of Off the Mat, Into the World.

Embodied Resilience through Yoga: 30 Mindful Essays About Finding Empowerment After Addiction, Trauma, Grief, and Loss

Klein, Melanie C.

Adams, Jan

Heagberg, Kat

Lang, Nicole

Ashworth, Kathryn

Hall, Colin

Willis, Toni

Weiss Ippolito, Jill

Holzer, David

Kreatsoulas PhD, Jennifer

Higgs, Mary

Garden, Sarah

Huggins, Amanda

Harry, Sarah

Crosby, Tonia

Nannen, Sarah

Yamasaki, Zabie

Simon, Alli

Templeton, Kathryn

Wiggins, Tobias

Hayes, Michael

Barkataki, Susanna

Karnes, Amber

Otis, Rachel

Baucum, Dorian Christian

Costa, Niralli D

Mastin, Justine

King, Sará

Kraft, Kathleen

Kesse, Elliot

Flores, Celisa

Jensen, Antesa

Yaghmai, Sanaz

Religion & Spirituality

Llewellyn Publications

After discovering the truth about her Oleah origins, Angel thought she could still have a normal life, consisting of normal things - like her seventeenth birthday party. But there is no such thing as normal for Angel anymore. She learned that the hard way after Sindrell - the most powerful sorceress in the universe - crashed her party, destroyed the city, and took her best friend, Julie, captive. Determined to defeat Sindrell for good, Angel must risk her life, along with the fate of the entire universe to get Julie back

Oleah Chronicles: Justice

Children's Books

michelle Johnson

What would you do if everything you thought to be true in your life was a lie? Sixteen-year-old Angel Seriki must face overwhelming truths about her family when she meets Zander Black, a new student to her high school who is smart, charming and devastatingly beautiful. The revelations he uncovers to her about her family's past changes everything, and as her relationship and feelings for Zander deepen, so do the risks involved. She must now accept her fate and face the true reality of who and what she is. Even if that means giving up everything, including being human.

Oleah Chronicles: Truth

lulu.com

Start your mornings with a hot cup of coffee and some precious time with the Lord. This wonderfully inspirational book is sure to strengthen and enrich your daily walk with God. Learn how to truly forgive, release the peace of God in your life, and put your troubles behind you. Enjoy your mornings with the Lord refreshed and renewed!

Scriptures and Scones: A Devotional

Christian Books & Bibles

WestBowPress

Newly wed Joan Temple wants a family. In fact, she wants a life that mirrors that of her childhood neighbors. A series of unrelated circumstances peoples her home with a series of rag-tag characters, causing her to re-think her idea of family.

Bee Boulevard

Literature & Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

A collection of 8 essays that share the timeless wisdom which has passed from mother to daughter for generations. These are stories of women who, in the midst of life's toughest decisions, push fear out of the way and face the never-ending challenge of raising a family and forging a career. Then, when the seasons of life transforms, they prove that it takes much more strength to let go than it does to hang on. These eight authors celebrate both the feminity and the fortitude of women who not only take a stand, they also rise, dig deep and live out loud.

Strength Becomes Her: Eight Essays of Resilience, Perseverance & Self-Love

Biographies & Memoirs

Savala, Cheryl

Bultitude, Vicky

DeFord, Allison

Di Paola, Riva

Gallagher, Erin

Hiatt, Donna

Norbom, Wendy

Community & Culture

Independently published

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