Youth and ‘political spirituality’: the emergence of a sub-culture among new Muslims in the West?
Drawing on Foucault’s concept of ‘political spirituality’, I show how some new young converts to Islam interpret being Muslim within a framework that positions them as agents at the forefront of new social and political forces of change. My ethnographic research took place among young people who hav...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 1–20 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Province (Province)
/ Islam
/ Conversion (Religion)
/ Social identity
/ Youth protest movement
/ Generations
/ Birth year
/ History 1981-1996
/ History 1995-2010
/ Empirical social research
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBQ North America TK Recent history ZB Sociology ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Social Justice
B Islam B Converts B Youth B sub-culture B Political spirituality |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
