Routledge Making European Muslims: Religious Socialization Among Young Muslims in Scandinavia and Western Europe: 40 (Routledge Studies in Religion)

Making European Muslims provides an in-depth examination of what it means to be a young Muslim in Europe today, where the assumptions, values and behavior of the family and those of the majority society do not always coincide. Focusing on the religious socialization of Muslim children at home, in semi-private Islamic spaces such as mosques and Quran schools, and in public schools, the original contributions to this volume focus largely on countries in northern Europe, with a special emphasis on the Nordic region, primarily Denmark. Case studies demonstrate the ways that family life, public education, and government policy intersect in the lives of young Muslims and inform their developing religious beliefs and practices. Mark Sedgwick’s introduction provides a framework for theorizing Muslimness in the European context, arguing that Muslim children must navigate different and sometimes contradictory expectations and demands on their way to negotiating a European Muslim identity. Review "Making European Muslims contains much information useful to scholars and students studying Islam in Europe and European Muslims. (...) this book remains a fine addition to the growing body of scholarship on Islam in Europe, and can be recommended to researchers, teachers and students interested not only Islam but in the relationships between religion, secularism and the state in Western and Northern Europe." - Nicholas Morieson, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia in Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 2016 About the Author Mark Sedgwick is professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark.