The religious identity of young Muslim women in Berlin : an ethnographic study / by Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bendixsen, Synnøve K. N.

Series:

Muslim minorities ; Volume 14.

Muslim Minorities ; Volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim women--Religious life--Germany--Berlin.

Muslim women.

Muslim youth--Religious life--Germany--Berlin.

Muslim youth.

Identification (Religion).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Religious Identity of Young Muslim Women in Berlin offers an in-depth ethnographic account of Muslim youth’s religious identity formation and their engagement with Islam in everyday life. Focusing on Muslim women in the organisation MJD in Germany, it provides a deeper understanding of processes related to immigration, transnationalism, the transformation of identifications and the reconstruction of selfhood. The book deals with the collective content of religious identity formation and processes of differentiation, engaging with the changing role of religion in an urban European setting, restructuring of religious authority and the formation of gender identity through religion. Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen examines how the participants seek and debate what it means to be a good Muslim, and discusses the religious movement as individual engagement in a collective project.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen

Introduction / Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen

Situating the Field and Methodological Reflections / Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen

Making Sense of the City: The Religious Spaces of Young Muslim Women in Berlin / Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen

Negotiating, Resisting and (Re)Constructing Othering / Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen

Crafting the Religious Individual in a Faith Community / Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen

Trajectories of Religious Acts and Desires: Bargaining with Religious Norms and Ideals / Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen

Making a Religious Gender Order / Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen

The Meanings of and Incentives for a Religious Identification / Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen

Conclusion / Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen

Appendix I: Situating the Movements Studied within the Wider Islamic Field in Germany / Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen

Bibliography / Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen

Index / Synnøve K.N. Bendixsen.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 28, 2013).

ISBN:

9789004251311

9004251316

OCLC:

844726937

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004251311 DOI

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access