Language Maintenance, Revival and Shift in the Sociology of Religion

Rajeshwari Vijay Pandharipande is University Distinguished Scholar/Teacher, Professor Emerita, Department of Religion, Linguistics, Sanskrit and Comparative and World Literatures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.Maya Khemlani David is Adjunct Professor, Jaipuria Institute of Management, India and Research Associate in the Asia Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Malaysia.Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth is Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, NYU Steinhardt, USA.

• Chapter 1. Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande, Maya Khemlani David, and Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth: IntroductionChapter 2. Phyllis Chew: The Decline of the Vernacular in the Chinese Religion in SingaporeChapter 3. Andrey Rosowsky: Singing in My Language(s): How Religious Verse and Song Contribute to Minority Language MaintenanceChapter 4.  Yurni Said Sirhan: The Role of Islam in the Language Maintenance of the Malay Muslims in SingaporeChapter 5. George Ladaah Openjuru: The role of Religion in Written Language Maintenance and Shift in UgandaChapter 6. Ana Souza: Faith and Language Maintenance in Transnational Places of Worship: Brazilian Christian Settings in LondonChapter 7. Sheena Kaur and Maya Khemlani David: Language Shift but Religious Maintenance: A Study of the Punjabi Sikh Community in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaChapter 8. Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande: Does Religion Promote as well as Retard Language Maintenance in a Multi-lingual Context?: The Case of HinduismChapter 9.  Bernard Spolsky: Religion and Education in the Preservation of Hebrew and Other Jewish Language VarietiesChapter 10. Muhammad Amara: The Role of the Islamic Movement in Maintenance of Arabic in Israel Chapter 11.  Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth, Scott Goldberg and Tristin Wildstein: Development of Hebrew/English Biliteracy in a Jewish Day School: Issues of Language and IdentityChapter 12. Oladipo Salami: Islamic Religious Education, Identity and the Arabic Language among University Students in Southwestern NigeriaChapter 13. Hind Amel Mostari: Religion and Algerian Languages in the Education SystemEpilogue: James McLellan

A compelling contribution to the field of the sociology of language by an international array of renowned scholars, whose multidisciplinary research on diverse communities deepens our understanding of the role of religion in language maintenance, revival and shift.