Methods and Contexts in the Study of Muslim Minorities

This volume includes perspectives on and extensive analysis of forms of Muslim minority religiosity which takes place outside the formal, organized religious settings. It was previously published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Nadia Jeldtoft is a PhD Fellow at the Centre for European Islamic Thought in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Jørgen S. Nielsen is Danish National Research Foundation Professor and Director at the Centre for European Islamic Thought in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

1. Introduction: Methods in the Study on "non-organized" Muslim Minorities Nadia Jeldtoft and Jørgen S. Nielsen Part I: Methods 2. Studying Muslims and constructing Islamic Identity Safet Bectovic 3. Lived Islam - Religious Identity with "non-organized" Muslim Minorities Nadia Jeldtoft 4. Context, focus and new perspectives in the study of Muslim religiosity Tina G. Jensen 5. Ritualization among young adult Muslims in Malmö and Copenhagen Jonas Otterbeck 6. Excuse me, which radical organization are you a member of? Reflections on methods to study highly religious, but non-organized Muslims Lene Kühle 7. Salafi Jihadism: relying on fieldwork to study un-organized and clandestine phenomena Ann-Sophie Hemmingsen 8. Understanding and Approaching Muslim Visibilities: Lessons Learned From a Fieldwork based Study of Muslims in Copenhagen Garbi Schmidt 9. Faith intersections and Muslim women in the European Microcosm: notes towards the study of non-organized Islam Sara Silvestri Part II: Contexts 10. Contexts of immigrant receptivity and immigrant religious outcomes: the case of Muslims in Western Europe Phillip Connor 11. Young people's attitudes towards Muslims in Sweden Pieter Bevelander and Jonas Otterbeck 12. Democracy and denomination: democratic values among Muslim minorities and the majority population in Denmark Peter Gundelach 13. Generational differences in ethnic and religious attachment and their interrelation. A study among Muslim minorities in the Netherlands Mieke Maliepaard, Marcel Lubbers and Merove Gijsberts