Ambassadors of Faith

In this article, I study how young Finnish Muslims negotiate for agency amidst a multitude of governing discourses—that is, discourses that seek to regulate what is ‘proper’ Finnishness, ‘proper’ Muslimness etc. The study is based on a discourse analysis of theme interviews conducted with 14 young M...

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Main Author: Pauha, Teemu Juhani (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2015, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-100
Further subjects:B Islam government young adults civil society agency
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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