Cette étude d’une association musulmane de Montréal explore, à travers le concept de communauté en sciences sociales, les dynamiques religieuses et sociales animant la vie des membres de l’association Bel Agir, où une enquête de terrain de plus de six mois a été effectuée. Composée en majorité d’anciens membres d’un mouvement islamiste non violent marocain et entièrement de migrants, l’association offre un espace où sont articulées les continuités et les discontinuités dans la vie religieuse et sociale de ses membres. Ainsi, notre mémoire examine en partie le rôle de la communauté religieuse dans le processus migratoire de ses membres. Par contre, notre analyse se focalise essentiellement sur le rôle de la participation des membres à la vie de la communauté dans les processus d’intériorisation de l’éthos religieux supporté par le groupe, et de réarticulation de ce même éthos dans la société québécoise. Ce faisant, nous explorons ce qui motive les membres à s’investir dans la communauté et à intégrer les enseignements du groupe dans leur vie individuelle. / My study of a Montreal Muslim association draws on the concept of community in social sciences to explore the social and religious dynamics of the Bel Agir association, where I conducted fieldwork for more than six months. Composed mainly of former members of a non violent Moroccan Islamist movement and entirely of migrants, the association offers a space where continuity and discontinuity in its members social and religious life is articulated. My analysis examines, in part, the role of the religious community in the immigration and settlement process. However at the principal aim of my thesis is to understand how the involvement of members in the association contributes to internalizing a specifically Muslim ethos and how, in return, their participation in the community articulates this ethos with the social context of Québec. In doing so, I offer an analysis of what motivate members to integrate to the community and apply the teachings of the group to their individual lives.

The thesis entitled "The Czechoslovak Hussite religious community in Prague's Vinohrady in years 1942-1961" deals with the development of the Vinohrady's religious community within the wider historical development of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. The introductory part of the thesis deals with the historical preconditions of the birth of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. Besides the Enlightenment it was particularly a reformist movement of the Catholic clergy in the 19th century, closely connected to Catholic modernism, which was a revivalist movement within the Roman Catholic Church at the turn of 19th and 20th century. The impact of World War I and the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian empire mustn't be omitted, as well as the influx of democracy, humanism and, finally, the turbulent atmosphere at the time of the establishment of the new independent Czechoslovak Republic. The second part of the thesis is focused on the founding of the Czechoslovak Hussite religious community in the Vinohrady district of Prague, its development from the establishment of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church to its recognition by the Czechoslovak Republic. Then follows a general overview of the first twenty years of its existence, at the time of the so-called "First Republic" and at the time of protectorate, with the...

Ce travail tente d’explorer les questions du nationalisme turc dans le cadre d’une expérience d’immigration turque, et ce, à travers les membres de la communauté islamique Millî Görüş en France et en Allemagne. Prenant en compte les divers rôles que la communauté joue dans la vie de ses sympathisants en terre d’accueil, il met en évidence le lien entre les constructions nationales et le processus de socialisation communautaire. Si la communauté semble jouer un certain rôle d’intermédiaire dans la réappropriation des questions en lien avec le pays d’accueil, elle véhicule aussi la transmission d’un ensemble de valeurs en rapport avec la « turcité » qui, de par la force de son enracinement sur un terrain religieux, politique, culturel et historique, demeure manifestement une identité résistante, tout en permettant d’établir les voies de l’identification à la nation turque et au pays d’origine. / This dissertation explores the issues of Turkish nationalism, as part of a Turkish immigration experience, within the Millî Görüş Islamic community in France and Germany. Taking into account various roles that the community plays in the lives of its members in the host countries, it analyzes the link between national constructions and the process of socialization within the community. While the community seems to play a certain intermediary role in the reappropriation of issues related to the host countries, it also conveys the transmission of a set of values related to “Turkishness” which, by force of its roots in religious, political, cultural and historical grounds, clearly remains a resistant identity, establishing at the same time the means of identification with the Turkish nation and the country of origin.

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This thesis provides a view into magnitude of influence of patriotic sentiment in the time period following World War I and its synergy with charismatic personalities of Rakovník such as Josef Kopecký and first patriarch Karel Farský that lead to creation of CČHS religious community in Rakovník. Thanks to these people, it was possible to spread the idea of a new church to neighbouring villages and to overcome the hesitance of the very first priests, who had to convert from the Catholic Church. These facts are apparent from sources relevant to this topic. Information sources presented in this thesis combined with academic literature bring forth realistic picture pertaining the given time period. Work on this thesis has provided me with large number of ideas for future material and spiritual renewal of this community. It is also important to attain a deeper understanding of our history and our roots and to make this information available to people whose ancestors formed this community. After all, more than three quarters of population of Rakovník took part in religious community in 1925. Therefore, it is fair to say that history of the religious community is that of Rakovník in this time period. It is our obligation to involve the public, namely the young, to activities of the church and to continue building...

Am 21. Juli 2010 übergab die Israelitische Religionsgemeinde Leipzig der Universitätsbibliothek ihre wertvollen Altbestände zur Pflege, Erschließung und wissenschaftlichen Bearbeitung als Depositum. Die Bibliothek umfasst rund 900 Bände, insbesondere hebräische Drucke. Einen Schwerpunkt bildet der umfangreiche Bestand an Hebraica aus osteuropäischen Verlagen vor allem aus dem 18. und 19. Jahrhundert, darunter ein Babylonischer Talmud: eine Ausgabe von 1880 – 1887 in 17 Bänden aus Wilna, gedruckt von der bedeutenden Druckerfamilie der Gebrüder Romm, außerdem zahlreiche weitere Hebraica aus Warschau, Lemberg, Prag und anderen Druckorten.

The purpose of this thesis is to elaborate the inventory of Jewish possessions in the town district of Sedlcany which would provide an answer to the economic and social status of this persecuted minority. The primary sources are the record-keeping cards from the Jewish card files, the registration of the Jewish landed estate in the town district of Sedlcany, the police entries, as well as, the population census from 1930. The acquired information about the Jewish possessions relates to the year 1940 too, therefore, this thesis is also focused on the period of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The first chapter briefly engages the reader with the history of the Jews in Bohemia with a specific focus of the town district of Sedlcany. The key part of this work is the detailed outline of the encoroachment on the economic life of the Jews not only in the Third Reich, but also on which ?the Aryan race? received their possessions. The key part of this thesis is a list of the Jewish population living in the town district of Sedlcany and nearby villages before deportations, an overview of family ties, and also an overview of movable and inmovable assets of individuals. Another essential charter of this work is the restituion of thirteen survivers that emphasises the response of the country and individuals to the return of the Jews after the Second World Ward and the progress of the administrative process. At last, this thesis offers charts, tables, maps with highlighted municipalities where the Jews had lived, and also three maps illustrating the Jewish settlement in the town district of Sedlcany, and the municipalities of Kosova Hora and Petrovice. It further illustrates a family tree of the Lurie family from Petrovice, an inventory list of goods from Lurie?s shop in Petrovice and, last but no least, photos of some Jews living in the district of Sedlcany in 1940.

This dissertation rediscovers the great impact of patriotic sentiment in the period after the World war I (and after World war II) which, along with charismatic personae of Antonin Koula and the first patriarch Karel Farský, had fundamental significance for the foundation of the great Religious community of Czechoslovak Hussite Church in Tman. Thanks to the vicar Antonín Koula the Church has expanded to surrounding towns and villages. This is apparent from the annals from which I have drawn most information. Analyzing these sources (Tman annals, Catholic annals, Czechoslovak Hussite Church annals), along with academic literature one may form an objective idea of the times studied. Partial overcoming of conflicts between Catholic and Czechoslovak Church, by means of state interference, led to the incentive to build new buildings of new architecture type typical for Czechoslovak Hussite Church. Work on this dissertation has given me many incentives for the future renovation of this community. The next output should be a deeper analysis of history and making this information more accessible to people whose ancestors built the local community. At the moment nonreligious aspects are more acceptable and interesting. Next task is to engage the public, especially children, in the church activities...

MRDV / Institute for Rural Development / See the attached abstract below