Introduction: Imams in Western Europe
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Introduction: Imams in Western Europe. / Vinding, Niels Valdemar; Hashas, Mohammed; de Ruiter , Jan Jaap.
Imams in Western Europe: Developments, Transformations, and Institutional Challenges. Amsterdam University Press, 2018. p. 19-37.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Introduction: Imams in Western Europe
AU - Vinding, Niels Valdemar
AU - Hashas, Mohammed
AU - de Ruiter , Jan Jaap
PY - 2018/5/15
Y1 - 2018/5/15
N2 - This book presents an omnibus academic inquiry into contemporaryIslamic religious authority with a focus on imams and the imamate – onwhich, until now, not much has been written in English. Our ambition isto contribute deeper and more fruitful analyses of the changes and challengesexperienced by this source of religious authority in the context of thesecular-liberal societies of Western Europe since the Second World War andthe subsequent migration and refugee flows. At the same time, this researchalso serves to highlight secular-liberal institutions and their adaptation, orlack thereof, to the multiculturalism that characterizes Western Europeanstates. The social facts of globalization, transnational migration, and variousinterpretations of secularism have challenged the visibility of religion in thepublic sphere in Western societies. This has most importantly and urgentlyrequired religious authorities to revisit their organization, governance,and internal hierarchy, and Islamic religious authority is no exception.
AB - This book presents an omnibus academic inquiry into contemporaryIslamic religious authority with a focus on imams and the imamate – onwhich, until now, not much has been written in English. Our ambition isto contribute deeper and more fruitful analyses of the changes and challengesexperienced by this source of religious authority in the context of thesecular-liberal societies of Western Europe since the Second World War andthe subsequent migration and refugee flows. At the same time, this researchalso serves to highlight secular-liberal institutions and their adaptation, orlack thereof, to the multiculturalism that characterizes Western Europeanstates. The social facts of globalization, transnational migration, and variousinterpretations of secularism have challenged the visibility of religion in thepublic sphere in Western societies. This has most importantly and urgentlyrequired religious authorities to revisit their organization, governance,and internal hierarchy, and Islamic religious authority is no exception.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - imam
KW - imams
KW - chaplains
KW - islam
KW - muslims
KW - Islam and Muslims
KW - Islam in Europe
KW - Sociology of Religion
KW - Theology
KW - religious authority
UR - http://en.aup.nl/books/9789462983830-imams-in-western-europe.html
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9789462983830
SP - 19
EP - 37
BT - Imams in Western Europe
PB - Amsterdam University Press
ER -
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