“Ismaʿilis Do Not Look Muslim” : The Ismaʿili Community and Constructions of Islam and Modernity in Germany
(2016) In Lunds University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies MOSM03 20161Centre for Middle Eastern Studies
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This thesis examines Ismaʿili individuals’ “lived religion” through personal views on religious values combined with daily practices in German society. Since a Eurocentric view on Islam often fails to recognize the complexities of Muslim communities while emphasizing the Muslim faith as incompatible with “modernity”, the current study of the Ismaʿili branch serves as an example of Muslim practices that adapt and adjust its divine principles to a modern and secular society while maintaining its unique religious identity. Important values of everyday life are observed in connection to Ulrich Beck’s and Anthony Giddens’ “reflexive modernity” theory as a process that encompasses old and new traditions while adapting ambiguous and pluralist... (More)
- This thesis examines Ismaʿili individuals’ “lived religion” through personal views on religious values combined with daily practices in German society. Since a Eurocentric view on Islam often fails to recognize the complexities of Muslim communities while emphasizing the Muslim faith as incompatible with “modernity”, the current study of the Ismaʿili branch serves as an example of Muslim practices that adapt and adjust its divine principles to a modern and secular society while maintaining its unique religious identity. Important values of everyday life are observed in connection to Ulrich Beck’s and Anthony Giddens’ “reflexive modernity” theory as a process that encompasses old and new traditions while adapting ambiguous and pluralist forms of contemporary societies. (Less)
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- author
- Hewitt, Linda LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MOSM03 20161
- year
- 2016
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Islam in Germany, Shiites, Ismailites, Isma’ilism, Aga Khan, Modernity, Pluralism
- publication/series
- Lunds University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
- language
- English
- id
- 8885648
- date added to LUP
- 2016-08-08 11:05:36
- date last changed
- 2016-11-14 13:49:40
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