The making of a mosque with female imams: serendipities in the production of Danish Islams
"In the last decade a number of women-led mosques have emerged in Europe and North America. In The Making of a Mosque with Female Imams Jesper Petersen documents the serendipitous, yet predictable, emergence of the Mariam Mosque in Copenhagen. The study first demonstrates that individuals'...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
2022
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In: | Year: 2022 |
Series/Journal: | Muslim minorities
vol.40 |
Further subjects: | B
Feminism
Religious aspects
Islam
B Imams (Mosque officers) (Denmark) B Women in Islam (Denmark) B Islam (Denmark) B Women imams (Mosque officers) (Denmark) B Muslim Women (Denmark) B Muslims (Denmark) |
Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Petersen, Jesper: Making of a mosque with female imams. - Leiden : Brill, 2022. - 9789004523029 |
Summary: | "In the last decade a number of women-led mosques have emerged in Europe and North America. In The Making of a Mosque with Female Imams Jesper Petersen documents the serendipitous, yet predictable, emergence of the Mariam Mosque in Copenhagen. The study first demonstrates that individuals' facing the unpredictable plays a decisive role in social processes. This leads to an investigation of how serendipities are erased when narratives are erected retrospectively in the form of commodified products, autobiographical narratives, and research. Furthermore, Petersen conceptualizes non-Muslims' theological productions of Islam - Islam without the worship of Allah, so to speak - and demonstrates how this influences Muslim productions of Islam"-- |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 9004523014 |