"I know what a Muslim really is": how political context predisposes the perceived need for an objective Muslim identity
This article explores the process by which Western Muslim young adults develop the need to experience an 'objective' religious identity. We interviewed 20 Western Muslim young adults born in Montreal, Berlin, and Copenhagen within the age range of 18-25, exploring their religious identity...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-19 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Western world
/ Muslim
/ Religious identity
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam |
| Further subjects: | B
identity development
B Western Muslims B Religious Identity B Islamophobia B Objectification |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | This article explores the process by which Western Muslim young adults develop the need to experience an 'objective' religious identity. We interviewed 20 Western Muslim young adults born in Montreal, Berlin, and Copenhagen within the age range of 18-25, exploring their religious identity development. The interviews were semi-structured and open-ended. Thematic content analysis was used to explore patterns in their narratives. The participants disliked the perceived ethnocentric Muslim identity of their parents, which they sought to 'purify' for themselves from 'cultural contamination'. There were two important elements underlying the process of religious identity objectification: experience of anti-Muslim political discourse and exposure to religious diversity in the aftermath of deterritorialisation. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9419 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2019.1585095 |