Although few in number, the various Shiite Muslim communities in Germany are highly diversified in terms of their linguistic, national and ethnic backgrounds and ritual practice. In order to come to terms with these multi-local actors and their specific articulations of Shiism, the article aimes at an analytical framework that integrates an open understanding of belonging: employing Leave and Wenger's concept of "communities of practice", it argues that a focus on common practice in which heterogeneous actors engage, enables us to grasp, on the one hand, the varying specific characteristics of different groups and, on the other, their mutual belonging to the wider Shiite field. Although few in number, the various Shiite Muslim communities in Germany are highly diversified in terms of their linguistic, national and ethnic backgrounds and ritual practice. In order to come to terms with these multi-local actors and their specific articulations of Shiism, the article aimes at an analytical framework that integrates an open understanding of belonging: employing Leave and Wenger's concept of "communities of practice", it argues that a focus on common practice in which heterogeneous actors engage, enables us to grasp, on the one hand, the varying specific characteristics of different groups and, on the other, their mutual belonging to the wider Shiite field.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2017
توصيف ظاهري
216-240
عنوان
Journal of Muslims in Europe
شماره جلد
6/2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
2211-7954
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
communities of practice
اصطلاح موضوعی
Germany
اصطلاح موضوعی
learning
اصطلاح موضوعی
Middle East and Islamic Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
ritual
اصطلاح موضوعی
Shiites/Shiism
اصطلاح موضوعی
Sociology & Anthropology
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