God and Grime: The religious literacy of British Hip-Hop

Ahmed, Abdul-Azim 2023. God and Grime: The religious literacy of British Hip-Hop. Hamid, Sadek and Jones, Stephen H., eds. Contemporary British Muslim Arts and Cultural Production Identity, Belonging and Social Change, Taylor and Francis, pp. 68-80. (10.4324/9781003330714-8)

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Abstract

Religious literacy has become a key phrase to describe an individual or society's capacity to engage with religious diversity, the knowledge and concepts attached to a religious expression, and meaningfully communicate across boundaries of faith, practice and worldview. The emerging British hip-hop scene provides a valuable case study of religious literacy in action, and this chapter engages with a range of contemporary British hip-hop artists to demonstrate how both the artists and the audience operate with a high degree of religious literacy and are in a context in which religion is both an important and understood facet of self-identity. The chapter demonstrates how Islam is integrated into a broader multireligious British landscape and is also drawn upon by both Muslim and non-Muslim artists as a means of communication and expression.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
ISBN:	9781003330714
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	25 January 2024
Date of Acceptance:	15 June 2022
Last Modified:	06 Mar 2024 13:11
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/165821

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