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Forms of Muslim Childrenâs Spirituality
A Critical Contribution to the Didactics of Islamic Religious Education Studies
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The empirical study on the broad spectrum of Muslim children in Germany and their relations to God is fundamental for the scientific understanding of the development and formation of their faith. At the same time the findings of this work are also highly relevant for the further development of an academic and empirically based Islamic religious education both in a secular and in a highly individualized society.
The aim of this book is to provide a framework for the life of young believers in a religiously plural society, in which the individual relationship to God and the reflexivity of one's own religion are a decisive prerequisite for preventing radicalization and moral rigidity. This book favors an anthropological shift and an approach that takes the potential of children with their theology and their search for the meaning of life seriously.
The aim of this book is to provide a framework for the life of young believers in a religiously plural society, in which the individual relationship to God and the reflexivity of one's own religion are a decisive prerequisite for preventing radicalization and moral rigidity. This book favors an anthropological shift and an approach that takes the potential of children with their theology and their search for the meaning of life seriously.
Fahimah Ulfat, Ph.D. (2016), Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, is Professor of Islamic Religious Education at the Center for Islamic Theology at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. Her research interests include empirical studies on youth and religion, religion and gender, teacher professionalism and interreligious learning.
Acknowledgement
List of Figures
1 Introduction
â1 Problem Context
â2 Subject of the Study: The Action-Oriented Relevance of Relations to God
â3 Methodological Approach
â4 Structure of the Study
2 State of Research and Research Question
â1 State of Research in the Field of Childrenâs Conceptions of God
â2 Description of the Research Objective
â3 Specifying the Research Question
3 Methodological Foundation and Methodological Approach
â1 Methodological Decisions
â2 Survey Method: Narrative Interview
â3 Interpretation Procedure: Documentary Method
â4 Strategy of Generating the Sample
4 Empirical Research Results
â1 Short Portraits of the Interviewed Children in the Sample
â2 Development of Typologies in the Present Study: Comparative Analysis and Theoretical Summarization
â3 Basic Typology: Forms of Self-Relating
â4 Type A: Relating of the Self to God in the Mode of Personalization
â5 Type B: Relating of the Self to God in the Mode of Moralization and Orientation towards Tradition
â6 Type C: Relating of the Self to Immanent Dimensions in the Mode of Distance from God
â7 Summary: Types of Relations to God among Muslim Children
5 Discussion of the Research Results
â1 Discussion of the Research Results in the Educational Context
â2 Discussion of the Results in the Theological Context
â3 Reflection on the Results Regarding the Importance of Religious Education
â4 Summary
6 Conclusion
â1 Introduction
â2 Praxeological Suggestions
â3 Suggestions for Further Research
Appendix: Sample Table
References
Index
List of Figures
1 Introduction
â1 Problem Context
â2 Subject of the Study: The Action-Oriented Relevance of Relations to God
â3 Methodological Approach
â4 Structure of the Study
2 State of Research and Research Question
â1 State of Research in the Field of Childrenâs Conceptions of God
â2 Description of the Research Objective
â3 Specifying the Research Question
3 Methodological Foundation and Methodological Approach
â1 Methodological Decisions
â2 Survey Method: Narrative Interview
â3 Interpretation Procedure: Documentary Method
â4 Strategy of Generating the Sample
4 Empirical Research Results
â1 Short Portraits of the Interviewed Children in the Sample
â2 Development of Typologies in the Present Study: Comparative Analysis and Theoretical Summarization
â3 Basic Typology: Forms of Self-Relating
â4 Type A: Relating of the Self to God in the Mode of Personalization
â5 Type B: Relating of the Self to God in the Mode of Moralization and Orientation towards Tradition
â6 Type C: Relating of the Self to Immanent Dimensions in the Mode of Distance from God
â7 Summary: Types of Relations to God among Muslim Children
5 Discussion of the Research Results
â1 Discussion of the Research Results in the Educational Context
â2 Discussion of the Results in the Theological Context
â3 Reflection on the Results Regarding the Importance of Religious Education
â4 Summary
6 Conclusion
â1 Introduction
â2 Praxeological Suggestions
â3 Suggestions for Further Research
Appendix: Sample Table
References
Index
This book will be of interest to students and teachers of religious education, university lecturers and social workers with a focus on religious education.