Everyday lived Islam in Europe

Dikici, Erdem

Abstract

There is a substantial body of literature on Muslims and Islam in Europe, which largely focuses on institutionalized forms of Islam such as social movements or issues pertaining to discrimination and integration. Everyday Lived Islam in Europe, however, is a significant edited volume that advances and promotes an “everyday” approach to study Muslims and Islam in Europe. The volume concentrates on the study of “everyday” aspects of religion as lived by ordinary people, people who do not rely on the support of any particular religious group. Contributors of the volume seek to explore the less-institutional and less visible dimensions of Islam in Europe through ethnography; that is, they aim to shed light on different forms of religiosity, the ways in which Islam shapes Muslims’ everyday life in societal domains (i.e. schools, shops), how new technologies impact the relationship between Islamic knowledge and authority and ‘how religion operates within these and plays out across them in the life trajectories of individuals’ (p. 2). Everyday Lived Islam in Europe is an important collection of essays that can make a significant contribution to the contemporary studies of Muslims and Islam in Europe.

Citation

Dikici, E. (2016). Everyday lived Islam in Europe. Insight Turkey, 18(4), 233-235

• Journal Article Type: Book Review
• Acceptance Date: Sep 1, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Sep 19, 2016
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Oct 10, 2022
• Journal: Insight Turkey
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 233-235
• Item Discussed: Everyday Lived Islam in Europe edited by Nathal M. Dessing, Nadia Jeldtoft, Jørgen S. Nielsen, and Linda Woodhead, London and New York: Routledge, 2013, 183 pages, $153.00, ISBN: 9781472417534
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10020943
• Publisher URL: https://www.insightturkey.com/book-reviews/everyday-lived-islam-in-europe