Everyday Religion as Orientation and Transformation: A Challenge to Theology

Henriksen, Jan-Olav

doi:10.18261/issn.1890-7008-2016-01-03

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“…Delving into the relations between agency and structure in the women's lives, our analysis focuses on everyday negotiations, directing attention to how, and about what, Islam as a discursive terrain is used on an everyday basis (cf. Henriksen, 2016). Such everyday discourses, practices, and negotiations may be seen as expressions of minority identities that unlock a perspective on what it means to be a young female Muslim in Europe today.…”

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Classing religion, resourcing women: Muslim women negotiating space for action

Liebmann¹,

Galal

2020

Cultural Dynamics

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Approaching Islam as a discursive terrain, this article challenges the tacit understanding of Islam as a repressor in young women’s lives and argues that well-educated, young female Muslims in Denmark use a discursive distinction between “real” Islam and “misguided” ethno-cultural traditions to challenge restrictive gender norms. Inspired by research on everyday lived religion and lived Islam, we show how the women—backed by their middle-class identity formations—posit a culture/religion dichotomy turning the discursive terrain of Islam into a resource in intergenerational discussions with their own families and wider communities. Addressing a gap in research literature on European Muslims, the article illustrates how middle-class formations play a significant part in the women’s responses to conventional authorities as the women apply Islamic sources in negotiations of gender boundaries.

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Section: Analytical Approachmentioning

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Classing religion, resourcing women: Muslim women negotiating space for action

Liebmann¹,

Galal

2020

Cultural Dynamics

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“…In an everyday life that was completely different from their day-to-day before coming to Norway, as we see above, for many participants, their religion seemed to provide guidance for classifying the familiar from the unfamiliar, affording them with certain security and confidence (Henriksen 2016(Henriksen , 2017. Moreover, their religion was one of the few things that had stayed in many ways the same, although religion also constantly changes, as the person interpreting it changes and the time and context changes.…”

Section: Orientation In the Everyday Lifementioning

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“…Henriksen's pragmatic view of religion identifies it as a source of orientation and transformation. Given that not all behavior is prescribed for humans, the author claims that, as human beings, we are in need of orientation, as we are "not at home in the world" and therefore we can easily disorient ourselves (Henriksen 2016(Henriksen , 2017. That is, we need guidance to understand what matters the most in life as well as to comprehend that which we should aim for in life.…”

Section: A Pragmatic Approach To Religion and The Theory Of Religiousmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, it helps people interpret their experiences and make sense of their particular circumstances as well as life in general. Thus, according to Henriksen (2016Henriksen ( , 2017, religion can in turn make us feel more at home in the world, as it may provide us with feelings of belonging; through helping us to identify the familiar from the unfamiliar, it helps us make sense of our circumstances and surroundings.…”

Section: A Pragmatic Approach To Religion and The Theory Of Religiousmentioning

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“…Thus, for many, their faith and the sacred texts offered them with a daily guide on how to lead their lives; from their everyday activities, to the interpersonal interactions and ideologies, especially for when routines are disrupted, such as in displacement (Firth 1995;Henriksen 2016). Several participants expressed that their religion oriented them to have good morals and treat others with compassion, tolerance and love.…”

Section: Orientation In the Everyday Lifementioning

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Robleda

2020

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When seeking asylum in Norway, asylum seekers are usually placed in asylum centers, where their everyday life is filled with uncertainty and few meaningful activities. Despite the importance of religion for many residents, little attention is paid both by authorities as well as by scholars to the role of religious beliefs and practices in their everyday life within this context. This article is based on ethnographic research with women living in asylum centers over the course of one year. Through the lens of ‘everyday lived religion’, it explores the role and significance of their religious beliefs and practices in their everyday life in the center, as well as the changes that they experience to these. It argues that religion acts as a compass and provides a sense of continuity in the everyday life in the asylum center. The women also experience certain changes to their religious beliefs and practices due to being in a new socio-cultural environment.

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Vulnerability in the arena of strength

Graff-Kallevåg¹,

Stålsett²

2021

Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology

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There is an ambiguity inherent in vulnerability as a part of human life. Beyond mere limitation, recent interdisciplinary research shows that the condition of vulnerability also contains essential life-sustaining resources. This ambiguity is particularly interesting in the context of embodied competition, such as sports. The present study of Christian sermons held on the occasion of international sporting events explores to what degree and in what way the homilies mobilize religious resources to shed light on this ambivalence of vulnerability. The study shows that the sermons in general tend to confirm rather than challenge a conventional conceptualization of vulnerability as limitation. However, it also shows a critical potential, explicitly present in some of the sermons, of mobilizing theological and religious resources for providing a more multi-faceted and even affirmative interpretation of vulnerability in the context of competitive sports.

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Everyday Religion as Orientation and Transformation: A Challenge to Theology

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

Classing religion, resourcing women: Muslim women negotiating space for action

Classing religion, resourcing women: Muslim women negotiating space for action

Compass, Continuity and Change. Everyday Religion among Women Living in Asylum Centers in Norway

Vulnerability in the arena of strength

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