Imams in Western Europe : developments, transformations, and institutional challenges / edited by Mohammed Hashas, Jan Jaap de Ruiter, Niels Valdemar Vinding ; with the collaboration of Khalid Hajji.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Hashas, Mohammed.

Contributor:

Hashas, Mohammed, editor.

Ruiter, Jan Jaap de, editor.

Valdemar Vinding, Niels, editor.

Nielsen, Jørgen S., writer of preface.

Hajji, Khalid, 1964- contributor.

Conference Name:

Imams in Western Europe (2014 : Rome)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imams (Mosque officers)--Europe.

Imams (Mosque officers).

Muslim teachers--Training of--Europe.

Muslim teachers.

Imams (Mosque officers)--Training of--Europe.

Islamic religious education--Europe.

Islamic religious education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (438 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

As European Muslims and Muslims in the Middle East diverge, imams in Europe have emerged as major agents of religious authority who shape Islam's presence in Western societies. This volume examines the theoretical and practical questions concerning the evolving role of imams in Europe. To what extent do imams act as intermediaries between European states and Muslim communities? Do states subsidise imam training? How does institutionalisation of Islam differ between European states?

Contents:

Preface /r Jørgen S. Nielsen

Part I. 1. Imams in western Europe: developments, transformations, and institutional challenges / Mohammed Hashas, Jan Jaap de Ruiter, Niels Valdemar Vinding, and Khalid Hajji

2. Rethinking Islamic law for Europe: the concept of the Land of Islam / Jasser Auda

3. The making of Islamic authority in Europe / Thijl Sunier

4. Islams in Europe: satellites or a different universe? / Jonathan Laurence

5. The European imam: a nationalized religious authority / Mohammed Hashas

6. Imam training in Europe: changes and challenges / Farid el Asri

7. Studying Islamic theology at European universities / Göran Larsson

8. The reinverted role of imams in French society / Solenne Jouanneau

9. The imam as an organic public intellectual: the case of Yassin Elforkani in the Netherlands / Welmoet Boender and Jan Jaap de Ruiter

10. i-Imams studying female Islamic authority online / Claudia Carvalho

11. Islamic female religious authority between agency and governmentality: from the Moroccan model to 'multicultural' Europe / Sara Borrillo

Part II. 12. Towards a typology of imams of the West / Niels Valdemar Vinding

13. For a 'visible' Islam: the emergence of protest speech in French mosques / Romain Sèze

14. From conservative Islam to the 'Theology of acculturation': the social and religious trajectory of a French imam / Cédric Baylocq

15. Muslim chaplaincy as a model for imamship: from liminality to immanent spirituality / Mansur Ali

16. Re-examining the decline narrative: Cambridge Muslim College and the changing face of imam training in Britain / Alyaa Ebbiary

17. Imam training in the legal context of Islam in Spain / Juan Ferreiro Galguera

18. The Italian legal system and imams: adifficult relationship / Francesco Alicino

19. In and around the mosque: profile and territory of the Italian imam / Mohammed Khalid Rhazzali

20. The training of imams in Italy: the case of CO.RE.IS / Yahya Pallavicini

21. Efforts to establish an imam-training programme in Finland / Tuomas Martikainen and Riitta Latvio.

Notes:

'Offspring of an international conference of the same title, held on 5-7 November 2014 at the LUISS Guido Carli University and John Cabot University in Rome.'

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ISBN:

1-003-69781-X

1-04-077196-3

90-485-4000-3

9781003697817

OCLC:

1088928629

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access