society, law & economics
New series Current Issues in Islam New Multicultural Identities in Europe Religion and Ethnicity in Secular Societies . Erkan Toguslu, ˘ ¸ Johan Leman, and Ismail Mesut Sezgin (eds)
˘ ¸ is Assistant Professor erkan toguslu of Anthropology at KU Leuven University, Gülen Chair for Intercultural Studies. johan leman is Emeritus Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven and Chairholder of the Gülen Chair for Intercultural Studies. i smail mesut sezgin is PhD researcher of the Institute for Spirituality, Religion and Public Life at Leeds Metropolitan University.
For more information about the KU Leuven Fethullah Gülen Chair for Intercultural Studies, visit www.gcis-kuleuven.com
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€ 39,50 / £35.00 isbn 978 90 5867 981 9 February 2014 Paperback, 16 x 24 cm ca. 248 pp. 10 tables and 7 graphs English Current Issues in Islam 1
Multiculturalism in present-day Europe How to understand Europe’s post-migrant Islam on the one hand and indigenous, anti-Islamic movements on the other? What impact will religion have on the European secular world and its regulation? How do social and economic transitions on a transnational scale challenge ethnic and religious identifications? These questions are at the very heart of the debate on multiculturalism in present-day Europe and are addressed by the authors in this book. Through the lens of post-migrant societies, manifestations of identity appear in pluralized, fragmented, and deterritorialized forms. This new European multiculturalism calls into question the nature of boundaries between various ethnic-religious groups, as well as the demarcation lines within ethnic-religious communities. Although the contributions in this volume focus on Islam, ample attention is also paid to Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism. The authors present empirical data from cases in Turkey, Germany, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Poland, Norway, Sweden, and Belgium, and sharpen the perspectives on the religious-ethnic manifestations of identity in the transnational context of 21st-century Europe. Contributors Chris Allen (University of Birmingham), Cüneyt Dinç (Süleyman Sah University, Istanbul), Frédérique Harry (University of Paris-Sorbonne), Goedroen Juchtmans (KU Leuven and ikks, Antwerp), Vincent Legrand (Université catholique de Louvain), Johan Leman (KU Leuven), Kathryn Lum (European University Institute, Florence), Marcel Meciar (Yeditepe University, Istanbul), Ephraim Nimni (Queen’s University Belfast), Murat Sevencan (Suleyman Sah University, Istanbul), ismail Mesut Sezgin (Leeds ˘ ¸ (KU Leuven), Katarzyna Warminska ´ Metropolitan University), Erkan Toguslu (Cracow University)
About the series Current Issues in Islam is a series of scholarly, peer-reviewed publications initiated by the Gülen Chair for Intercultural Studies (gcis) at KU Leuven. The publications in the series provide insight into the daily life and major developments within intercultural and interreligious settings where Islam features as an important dynamic. They bring original, well-researched, and critical appraisals that aim to contribute to the on-going academic debate in this field as well as providing insights to policymakers and stakeholders working to develop and deliver new ideas for social cohesion and peaceful community relations. 12
