Moderner Islam
Fallstudien zur islamischen Religiosität in Deutschland.
1st Edition
Published in June 2004
Book
166 pages
978-3-487-12674-6 (ISBN)
Description
Warum bekennen sich immer mehr Menschen, die in Deutschland aufgewachsen und durch die deutsche Gesellschaft geprägt sind, selbstbewusst zum Islam? Welche konkrete Gestalt geben sie ihrem neuen Glauben und welche praktischen Folgen hat dies für ihr Leben - und für die Gesellschaft? Vor dem Hintergrund seiner Forschungen über den Koran geht der Frankfurter Soziologe Johannes Twardella diesen Fragen in drei Fallstudien - zu einem "Traditionalisten", einem Fundamentalisten und einem Konvertiten - nach. Es sind interessante und erhellende Schlaglichter auf den gegenwärtigen Islam in Deutschland, aus denen der Autor abschließend eine vorläufige Typologie moderner islamischer Religiosität entwickelt.
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Why are increasing numbers of people who have grown up in Germany and lived under the influence of German society making a conscious commitment to Islam? What tangible form do they give to their new religion and what are the practical consequences for their own lives - and for society as a whole? With his background in Koranic research, the Frankfurt sociologist Johannes Twardella investigates this question in three case-studies - of a 'traditionalist', a fundamentalist and a convert. They cast an interesting and illuminating light on present-day Islam in Germany, on the basis of which, in his conclusion, the author develops a provisional typology of the modern Islamic religious mentality.
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Why are increasing numbers of people who have grown up in Germany and lived under the influence of German society making a conscious commitment to Islam? What tangible form do they give to their new religion and what are the practical consequences for their own lives - and for society as a whole? With his background in Koranic research, the Frankfurt sociologist Johannes Twardella investigates this question in three case-studies - of a 'traditionalist', a fundamentalist and a convert. They cast an interesting and illuminating light on present-day Islam in Germany, on the basis of which, in his conclusion, the author develops a provisional typology of the modern Islamic religious mentality.