Interreligious Engagement in Urban Spaces

Introduction (Ipgrave, Liljestrand, and Skeie).- Part1: Interreligious Dialogue and Social Relations.- Chapter 1. Useful Trust: Interreligious Alliances for Alevi and Bahai communities in Hamburg (Haddad).- Chapter 2. Maintaining and Transforming Bridging Capital in Interreligious Projects: A Case Study of a Swedish Youth Project (Liljestrand).- Chapter 3. Six Women's Interreligious Dialogue Groups in London (Ipgrave).- Chapter 4. Interreligious Dialogue Initiatives in a Local Borough of Oslo as Experienced by Local Youth and Dialogue Activists: Prospects for the Building of Social Capital, Trust and Social Cohesion? (Lund Johannessen and Husebø).- Part 2: Interreligious activity and the spatial dimension.- Chapter 5. The transformation of a house of prayer in Hamburg: from church to mosque (Haddad).- Chapter 6. An historic synagogue in London's East End: the impact of interreligious activity on a traditional place of worship (Ipgrave).- Chapter 7. A peace and reconciliation centre in the City of London: a purpose-built venue for shared worship/reflection/dialogue (Ipgrave).- Chapter 8. 'God's House', Fisksätra: planning a dual faith worship space in metropolitan Stockholm. (Liljestrand).- Chapter 9. A Community Garden in Hackney: transformation of neighbourhood through interreligious activity (Ipgrave).- Chapter 10. Fryshuset Social Centre: interreligious engagement in secular spaces (Liljestrand).- Chapter 11. The Literature House, Oslo: public space for IR dialogue (Husebø and Lund Johannessen).- Part3: Religious thinking and Interreligious Activity.- Chapter 12. Dialogue discussion groups (Liljestrand).- Chapter 13. Community action projects (Ipgrave).- Chapter 14. Interreligious initiatives in schools (Husebø and Lund Johannessen).- Chapter 15. Public platform events (Ipgrave).- Chapter 16. Community consultation groups (Liljestrand).- Chapter 17. Interreligious

Dr Julia Ipgrave (editor) is senior researcher in the Department of Humanities (Theology and Religious Studies) at the University of Roehampton, London. She is principal investigator for the U.K. strand of 'Religion and Dialogue in Modern Societies' (BMBF- project, University of Hamburg). Previous research projects include the EC-funded 'Religion in Education. A contribution to Dialogue or a factor of Conflict' (REDCo) (2006-9) and 'Young People's Attitudes towards Religious Diversity' (2009-2012).

Dr Laura Haddad is researcher in the sociology of religion and political science at the universities of Hamburg and Osnabruck. She holds a researcher position in 'Religion and Dialogue in Modern Societies' (BMBF- project, University of Hamburg) and in 'Configurations of Muslims and Islam on the Local Level' (DFG- project, University of Osnabruck). Laura's PhD (University of Osnabruck, 2016) was on local Islamic identity practice in Hamburg.