Muslim childhood : religious nurture in a European context / Jonathan Scourfield, Sophie Gilliat-Ray, Asma Khan, and Sameh Otri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scourfield, Jonathan, 1966- author.

Gilliat-Ray, Sophie, 1969- author.

Khan, Asma (Asma Shahin), author.

Otri, Sameh, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim families--Wales--Cardiff.

Muslim families.

Muslim children--Religious life--Wales--Cardiff.

Muslim children.

Islamic religious education of children--Wales--Cardiff.

Islamic religious education of children.

Islam--Social aspects--Wales--Cardiff.

Islam.

Identity (Psychology) in children--Wales--Cardiff.

Identity (Psychology) in children.

Islam--Social aspects.

Muslim children--Religious life.

Wales--Cardiff.

Physical Description:

xv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Summary:

How do we learn to be religious? To make sense of this process should we emphasise the habitual reinforcement of bodily rituals? Or the active role of individuals in making decisions about faith at key moments? Or should we turn to cognitive science to explain the universal structures on which religiosity is built? And how does a relatively devout minority pass on religion in a generally secular Western context? What significance does religion have for family life in this situation? And how does a religious identity interact with other kinds of collective identification, for example with a nation, ethnic group or a locality? These are some of the questions that Muslim Childhood deals with. This book is about ordinary British Muslims' everyday religious socialization of children in early and middle childhood. It provides a detailed description of how Muslim families in a secular Western context attempt to pass on their faith to the next generation. It is rooted in detailed qualitative research with 60 Muslim families in one British city. The authors' own analysis of survey data suggests that Muslims in the UK more effectively pass on their faith to the next generation than other religious groups. This book is in part an attempt to explain why that might be. -- Back cover.

Contents:

Islam and Middle Childhood

Inter-Generational Transmission of Islam: Evidence from the Citizenship Survey

Qualitative Research on Islamic Nurture

Learning Islam in the Home

Children in Formal Religious Education

School, City, and Society

Muslim Family Life

Nationality, Ethnicity, and Religion

Conclusion.

Notes:

Chapter 2 co-authored by Chris Taylor and Graham Moore.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index.

ISBN:

9780199600311

0199600317

OCLC:

864784643