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Debating Islam
. Ed(S): Behloul, Samuel M.; Leuenberger, Susanne; Tunger-Zanetti, Andreas
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Paperback. Editor(s): Behloul, Samuel M.; Leuenberger, Susanne; Tunger-Zanetti, Andreas. Num Pages: 372 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
Conspicuously, Islam has become a key concern in most European societies with respect to issues of immigration, integration, identity, values and inland security. As the mere presence of Muslim minorities fails to explain these debates convincingly, new questions need to be asked: How did »Islam« become a topic? Who takes part in the debates? How do these debates influence both individual as well as collective »self-images« and »image of others«? Introducing Switzerland as an under-researched object of study to the academic discourse on Islam in Europe, this volume offers a fresh perspective on the objective by putting recent case studies ... Read more
Conspicuously, Islam has become a key concern in most European societies with respect to issues of immigration, integration, identity, values and inland security. As the mere presence of Muslim minorities fails to explain these debates convincingly, new questions need to be asked: How did »Islam« become a topic? Who takes part in the debates? How do these debates influence both individual as well as collective »self-images« and »image of others«? Introducing Switzerland as an under-researched object of study to the academic discourse on Islam in Europe, this volume offers a fresh perspective on the objective by putting recent case studies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837622492
SKU
V9783837622492
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About . Ed(S): Behloul, Samuel M.; Leuenberger, Susanne; Tunger-Zanetti, Andreas
Samuel M. Behloul (PD Dr. phil.) was director of the »migratio«, the commission of the Swiss Bishops' Conference for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People. Susanne Leuenberger (lic. phil.) lives in Berne. Andreas Tunger-Zanetti (Dr. phil.) is Coordinator of the Center for Research on Religion at the University of Lucerne.
Reviews for Debating Islam
»Der Band [leistet] einen vielumfänglichen und innovativen Beitrag zur Analyse des Islam und von Muslimen in einem Europa, das nicht nur christlich geprägt ist, sondern auch einen eigenen, besonderen Begriff des Religiösen entwickelt hat, der sich erst in der Konfrontation wirklich offenbart. Die damit einhergehende Relativierung sowohl des Religiösen als auch des Säkularen eröffnet eine vielversprechende Perspektive für die soziologische ... Read more