Islam and Muslims in Germany

The contributions in this volume aim to reflect the variety of current Muslim social practices and life-worlds in Germany. The volume presents fresh theoretical approaches and in-depth analyses of a rich mosaic of communities, cultures and social practices. Issues of politics, religion, society, economics, media, art, literature, law and gender are addressed.

About the author

Ala Al-Hamarneh, Ph.D. in human geography (1994), is assistant professor in human geography and a researcher in the Center for Research on the Arab World at the University of Mainz. Issues of migration, poverty, globalization of services and cinematic geo-hermeneutics are in the centre of his academic research.
Jörn Thielmann, Ph.D. (2001) in Islamic Studies, Ruhr-University Bochum, is since 2009 Executive Director of the Erlangen Centre for Islam and Law in Europe at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg.
He is particularly interested in the anthropology of Islam and in Islamic normativities in a transnational context.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ala Al-Hamarneh (Editor), Jörn Thielmann (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.06.2014
• EAN: 9789004272118
• ISBN: 978-90-04-27211-8
• No. of pages: 612
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 233 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 919 g
• Series: Muslim Minorities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories