Learning to Be Muslim - Transnationally

This essay discusses the religious upbringing experiences and reflections upon them articulated by 53 Muslim American youth who were interviewed as part of a larger sociological study of Arab American teenagers living transnationally. On extended sojourns in their parents’ homelands, these youth—mos...

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Main Author: Cainkar, Louise (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2014]
In: Religions
Year: 2014, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 594-622
Further subjects:B Islam
B religious transmission
B Transnationalism
B Youth
B Gender
B American Muslim
B Muslim
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