Rediscovering the Umma - Muslims in the Balkans Between Nationalism and Transnationalism

Zusatztext The detail-rich comparative account of Islam as a flexible religion adopting to the 'spirit of times' makes it an interesting reading Informationen zum Autor Ina Merdjanova is a senior researcher and an adjunct assistant professor at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin. She is the author of Religion, Nationalism, and Civil Society-The Postcommunist Palimpsest, and Religion as a Conversation Starter: Interreligious Dialogue for Peacebuilding in the Balkans (with Patrice Brodeur). Klappentext In Rediscovering the Umma, Ina Merdjanova discusses the conditions and role of Islam in relation to post-Ottoman nation-building, the communist period, and post-communist developments in the Balkans, focusing in particular on the remarkable transformations experienced by Muslim communities after the end of the Cold War. Amidst multiple structural and cultural transitions, they sought to renegotiate their place and reclaim their Islamic identities in formally secular legal and normative environments, mostly as minorities in majority-Christian societies. Zusammenfassung This book discusses the role of Islam in the political and social developments in the Balkans after the fall of communism. It explores comparatively the transformations of Muslim identities under the influence of various national and transnational, domestic and global factors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Map of the Balkans A Note on Pronunciation and Transliteration Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Islam and National Identities in the Balkans Chapter 2: Muslim Transnationalism and the Reclaiming of "Balkan Islam " Chapter 3: Islam and Women in the Balkans Chapter 4: Balkan Muslims and the Discourse on a "European Islam " Conclusion: Divergent Trajectories of Islam in the Balkans Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Ina Merdjanova, Ina (Marie Curie Fellow Merdjanova, Merdjanova Ina
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.03.2016
• EAN: 9780190462505
• ISBN: 978-0-19-046250-5
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Islamic Studies, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Southeast Europe, HISTORY / Islamic