Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / C. Jacobsen -- Introduction / C. Jacobsen -- Chapter One. Situating Islam In Norway: Ethnographic Context And Theoretical Perspectives / C. Jacobsen -- Chapter Two. Envisioning Unity, Coping With Difference / C. Jacobsen -- Chapter Three. Who Are ‘We’? Social Imaginaries / C. Jacobsen -- Chapter Four. The Politics Of Recognition: (Re)Constructing Identity/Difference / C. Jacobsen -- Chapter Five. The Quest For Knowledge: Individualization And Religious Authority / C. Jacobsen -- Chapter Six. Becoming Muslim: Working On The Self / C. Jacobsen -- Chapter Seven. Tradition, Authenticity And Autonomy / C. Jacobsen -- Bibliography / C. Jacobsen -- Index / C. Jacobsen.

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A major question regarding Islam in Europe concerns the religiosity of “Muslim youth” – a category currently epitomizing both the fears and hopes of multicultural Europe. How are Islamic traditions engaged and reworked by young people, born and educated in European societies, and which modes of religiosity will they shape in the future? Providing an in-depth ethnographic account from Norway, this book engages comparative research on Islam and young Muslims from across Europe, focusing on Islamic revitalization, Muslim identity politics, changing configurations of religious authority, and the formation of gendered religious subjectivities. The author discusses anthropological and other social science theorizing in order to examine religious continuities and discontinuities in a context of international migration, globalization, and secular modernity.