Everyday Lived Islam in Europe

Taylor & Francis

This book offers a new direction for the study of contemporary Islam by focusing on what being Muslim means in people\u2019s everyday lives. It complements existing studies by focusing not on mosque-going, activist and devout Muslims, but on those who are nominal believers, or who put their religion to work in \u2019unorthodox\u2019 ways. As well as offering fresh empirical studies of everyday lived Islam, the book offers a new approach which calls for the study of \u2019high\u2019 religion and everyday \u2019popular\u2019 religion in relation to one another. > This book offers a new direction for the study of contemporary Islam by focusing on what being Muslim means in people\u2019s everyday lives. It complements existing studies by focusing not on mosque-going, activist Muslims, but on how people live out their faith in schools, workplaces and homes, and in dealing with problems of health, wellbeing and relationships. As well as offering fresh empirical studies of everyday live.