Religion publique et médiation religieuse chez les musulmans mauriciens. (March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Eisenlohr, Patrick
• Other Names: Pype Katrien guest-editor.; Mélice Anne guest-editor.; Van Wolputte Steven guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Social compass. Volume 61:Number 1(2014:Mar.)
• Page Start: 48
• Page End: 56
• Publication Date: 2014-03
• Subjects: Islam -- Mauritius -- media technology -- public religion -- religious mediation; Île Maurice -- Islam -- médiation religieuse -- religion publique -- technologies médiatiques; Religion and sociology -- Periodicals; 306.605
• DOI: 10.1177/0037768613513942
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0037-7686

Abstract

The uses of sound reproduction among Mauritian Muslims illustrate the links between public religion and religious mediation. These two dimensions of religion rely on material objects and media technologies, coalescing in what are frequently the same media practices. In this essay I investigate the ambiguous relationships between these two mediated forms of religion, tracing their mutually supporting and conflictual relationships. Their articulations also provide insights into questions of religious authority and authenticity that are prominent in a diasporic location such as Mauritius, as well as into the constitution of the boundary between religion and non-religion through media practices.