Precarious Companionship

Muslims and Jews are an integral part of interreligious activism in Germany. They share a stricter notion of monotheism as compared to Christians. Local Jewish-Muslim dialogue takes place in the shadow of the Middle East conflict as well as radical Islamic terror attacks, and both pursue similar int...

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Published in:Annual review of the sociology of religion
Authors: Nagel, Alexander-Kenneth 1978- (Author) ; Peretz, Dekel 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Annual review of the sociology of religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Germany / Interfaith dialogue / Islam / Judaism / Discourse analysis
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AX Inter-religious relations
BH Judaism
BJ Islam
KBB German language area
TK Recent history
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Summary:Muslims and Jews are an integral part of interreligious activism in Germany. They share a stricter notion of monotheism as compared to Christians. Local Jewish-Muslim dialogue takes place in the shadow of the Middle East conflict as well as radical Islamic terror attacks, and both pursue similar interests, i.e. regarding circumcision and halal or kosher butchering. We explore how the multi-layered setting shapes Jewish-Muslim encounters within interreligious initiatives in Germany. We analyse discourses in two spheres of interreligious dialogue. The first is local in-person dialogue initiatives that took place in the years 2011/12 during the circumcision debate. The second is translocal dialogue activities presented in social media that took place in 2020 when dialogue had moved to digital frameworks and social media due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The focal point of our comparative analysis is the discourses of adversity and commonality shaping these conversations and the narratives of difference and unity they produce.
Contains:Enthalten in: Annual review of the sociology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004514331_006