Religious Transformation in the Middle East Spirituality, Religious Doubt, and Non Religion

• Other Authors: van Nieuwkerk, Karin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; (un)veiling; gender; spirituality; piety; non-belief; the self; Islam; Egypt; moral ambivalence; religious doubt; Turkey; Hajj; Morocco; everyday life; self-formation; anthropology of non-religion; lived religion; online activism; humor; memes; nonbelievers; freethinkers; atheism; Syria; Arab world; social media; criticism of Islam; religiosities; non-religiosities; youth; Alexandria; processes of individualisation; Islamism; Muslim Brotherhood; disengagement; the Arab Spring; social movements; n/a
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This Special Issue draws attention to religious transformations currently emerging in the Middle East that diverge from the dominating rhetoric surrounding 'radicalization', 'political Islam', or the 'Islamic awakening'. Particularly after the Arab uprisings, other curr...