The variable ties that bind: Content and circumstance in ethnic processes

Cornell, Stephen

doi:10.1080/01419870.1996.9993910

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“…First, and conceptually, to take such an indiscriminate approach to ethnicity is to focus on boundaries rather than on the meaning and organisation of those boundaries (religious, or racial, or narrowly ethnic). This dissociation of boundary from content is, we believe, a wrong turn in the social sciences (Cornell, 1996;Ruane and Todd, 2004;Jenkins 2008). Symbolic boundaries and symbolic content, social boundaries and the intricacies of institutional organisation, are intrinsically interrelated (Jenkins, 2008, pp.…”

Section: Ethnicity and Religion: Redefining The Research Agenda Josepmentioning

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“…Recent literature on ethnicity, ethnic boundaries and ethnic identities provides us with the conceptual tools to analyse these interrelations (Cornell, 1996;Lamont and Molnar, 2000;Brubaker, 2002;Jenkins 2008). Yet the literature on ethnicity has shown little interest in this question, operating with an inclusive concept of ethnicity whereby communities defined by religious labels are included in the general category of 'ethnic' (Chandra, 2006).…”

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Ethnicity and Religion: Redefining the Research Agenda

Ruane

Todd

2010

Ethnopolitics

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Ethnicity and Religion: Redefining the Research Agenda

Ruane

Todd

2010

Ethnopolitics

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“…Social actors construct ethnic identities to suit different purposes since ethnic repertoires are learned in reconstructed for purposes of hand, using available symbolic resources (see [44][45][46][47][48][49]). Moreover, as "no one is a full-time ethnic" ( [50], p. 95), ethnicity emerges as a "contingent, volitional, negotiated phenomenon, in which both societal circumstances and the creative assertions of human groups play veritable and interacting roles" ( [51], p. 266). Ethnicity may become, for certain social actors in certain social contexts, a primary aspect of individual identity, while at other times ethnicity it is secondary.…”

Section: Ethnic-racial Identity Congregational Practices and Ethnicmentioning

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“…For Weber ([71], p. 385), "race [and, by implication, ethnicity] creates a 'group' only when it is subjectively perceived as a common trait". In short, Weber anticipated more contemporary "constructivist" approaches to ethnicity by recognizing the subjectivity of ethnic affiliation and the social forces that contribute to the emergence and salience of ethnic bonds [43,44,[46][47][48][49]51,72,73].…”

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Conceptual Pathways to Ethnic Transcendence in Diverse Churches: Theoretical Reflections on the Achievement of Successfully Integrated Congregations

Martí¹

2015

Religions

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Abstract:The concept of ethnic transcendence-defined as the process of co-formulating a shared religious identity among diverse members that supersedes their racial and ethnic differences through congregational involvement-captures a critical aspect of successfully integrating different racial and ethnic groups into a single, commonly shared, multi-ethnic congregation. Drawing on classic theoretical resources from Max Weber and Emile Durkheim, this paper expands on previous scholarship by conceptually articulating two different paths for the achievement of ethnic transcendence in multiracial congregations. In the first path, ethnic transcendence supports and encourages congregational diversification by inspiring members and mobilizing them to contribute their efforts to accomplish a common religious mission. In the second path, the achievement of ethnic transcendence involves the sublimation of congregational members' religious selves to an overarching moral collective. Both paths involve privileging religious identities in favor of a particularistic ethnic or racial identity. Moreover, through both paths, the development of congregationally specific religious identities results in joining with co-members of different ethno-racial ancestries as a type of spiritually-derived kinship. Due to the fact that ethnic transcendence is an interactive process, congregational diversity is a bi-directional phenomenon representing the extent to which members allow for the integration of separate ethnicities/races into a common congregation through idealized and richly-symbolic notions of connection and belonging to a congregation. Overall, this paper suggests a heuristic framework that productively expands the concept of ethnic transcendence, allows an approach for observing cross-ethnic/inter-racial organizational processes, and ultimately contributes toward understanding how congregations (whether church, temple, or mosque) OPEN ACCESSReligions 2015, 6 1049 pursue alternative identity reconstruction projects to sustain cohesive collective identities.

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“…An ethnic category is frequently defined as an aggregation of individuals sharing the perception of a common origin based on a set of shared attributes such as language, culture, history, locality, and/or physical appearance (e.g. Connor 1978;Cornell 1996;Geertz 1996;Horowitz 2000;Weber 1996). Note that the specific nature of the attributes is not important here, only that they are seen to be markers of shared origins.…”

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Researching Ethnic Relations as the Outcome of Political Processes

Flesken

2014

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Researching Ethnic Relations as the Outcome of Political Processes AbstractEthnic diversity is often seen to be detrimental to peace and stability, particularly if ethnicity is the basis for political mobilization. Mobilization is assumed to increase the salience of ethnicity, and with it in-group cohesion, out-group animosity, and national instability; yet the mechanisms have rarely been studied empirically. This article argues that we need to study ethnicity as the outcome of political processes, focus on the attitudinal mechanisms underlying ethnic relation; and examine this phenomenon at the individual level.To this end, the article first disaggregates the term "ethnicity" into attributes, meanings, and actions. Referring to constructivism, it then argues that political science should focus on meanings. Building on the theory and findings of social psychology, this paper shows that political science must distinguish analytically between meanings regarding different in-and out-group processes. Doing so can help advance the study of ethnic relations and conflict-management practices.

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The variable ties that bind: Content and circumstance in ethnic processes

Cited by 113 publications

References 19 publications

Ethnicity and Religion: Redefining the Research Agenda

Ethnicity and Religion: Redefining the Research Agenda

Conceptual Pathways to Ethnic Transcendence in Diverse Churches: Theoretical Reflections on the Achievement of Successfully Integrated Congregations

Researching Ethnic Relations as the Outcome of Political Processes

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