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Drawing upon extensive fieldwork and suggesting novel ways of approaching the phenomenon of European Islam and the continent's Muslim communities, Islam in Europe examines how European Muslims construct notions or identity, agency and belonging, how they negotiate and redefine the notions of re...

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Main Authors: Sofos, Spyros A.
Group Author: Tsagarousianou, Roza.
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Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Islam and nationalism
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137357786
Summary: Drawing upon extensive fieldwork and suggesting novel ways of approaching the phenomenon of European Islam and the continent's Muslim communities, Islam in Europe examines how European Muslims construct notions or identity, agency and belonging, how they negotiate and redefine the notions of religion, tradition, authority and cultural authenticity.
In this volume the authors take us beyond analysis of society and politics. Their focus is the complex and tense field of the conceptual: in what ways are Muslims in Europe European Muslims; what do events and related discourses do to affect the formation of European Muslim identities? A valuable pointer to future lines of research. Jorgen S. Nielsen, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137357779, 2013.
Carrier Form: 224 p. : 3 figures.
ISBN: 9781137357786 :
1137357789 :
CLC: D750.63
Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Muslims in Europe: Balancing Between Belonging and Exclusion 2. Islam in Europe: A Genealogy 3. Who are the European Muslims? 4. Space, Place and Social Action: European Muslim Geographies 5. The Politics of Contestation and the Construction of Injustice Frames 6. Spaces of Agency and Identity and the Reconfiguration of Islam 7. Is There a Space for European Muslims? Bibliography Index.