Muslimska kvinnor i Israel : religionens roll i vardagslivets förflyttningar
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Summary, in English
Empirically, this thesis presents a case study founded on interviews with several women. This material is complemented by statistics about Muslim women from various sources. Theoretically, the present thesis is inspired by the ideas of Alain Tourraine on individuals everyday life transitions. At the time of the interviews the women were between 19–26 years old. They all studied at universities in Israel, they all identified themself as religious and were all members of The Islamic Movement in Israel.
In the interviews the women express how they understand their choice of religious identification and what religion means to them in everyday life. One chapter is devoted to a historical and statistical overview of Muslims in Israel that ends with specific data about Muslim women in Israel. The interviews are presented in five chapters. The first chapter, “Ummah”, presents how the interviewed women relate to other Muslims in the world. The second chapter discusses the “Prayer”; what prayer means to the women and why they pray. Another chapter examines how they discuss their clothing. A separate chapter is devoted to the women’s attitudes towards modernity. In the fifth chapter the women’s relationship to various interpretations of the Koran is discussed.
In sum, this study of religious Muslim women in Israel advocates that it is significant to focus on everyday life transitions to understand why people chose religion in the construction of personal identities. Consequently, in an increasing global society humans are moving between surroundings that have overlapping, different and some times contradicting expectations on individuals.
Hence, this thesis suggests that one way individuals negotiate and facilitate transitions in everyday life is through religious identification.
Department/s
Publishing year
2012
Language
Swedish
Publication/Series
Lund Studies in History of Religions
Volume
30
Full text
Document type
Dissertation
Publisher
Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap, Lunds universitet
Topic
- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Keywords
- Islam
- Israel
- Muslim Women
- Arabs in Israel
- Palestinians in Israel
- Arab Women in Israel
- religious identity.
Status
Published
Supervisor
- Jonas Otterbeck
- Leif Stenberg
- Elie Wardini
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1103-4882
- ISBN: 978-91-7473-231-3
Defence date
28 March 2012
Defence time
15:00
Defence place
Sal 118, Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap, Allhelgona kyrkogata 8, Lund
Opponent
- Susanne Olsson (docent)