Islam in Europe [electronic resource] : Public Spaces and Civic Networks /
Sofos, S.author.
Tsagarousianou, R.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199) and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 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.
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.
Social policy.
Ethnicity.
Public policy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Religion and sociology.
Human rights.
Social Policy.
Ethnicity Studies.
Public Policy.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Sociology of Religion.
Human Rights.