Mieke Groeninck
Biographic Data
| ID | 138170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mieke Groeninck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mieke |
| FAMILY NAME | Groeninck |
| SIGNATURE | GROENINCK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5940-5227 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Reforming the Self, Unveiling the World: Engaging the Ontological Turn in an Anthropology of Islamic Piety
Based on ethnographic research (2013–2015) among adult courses on Islamic knowledge in Brussels’ mosques and Islamic institutions from a Moroccan background, this paper examines how the acquisition of ‘ilm al-Islam is understood not only as perfecting ‘ibādāt and mu‘āmalāt but also as a rappel d’appartenance à un ordre des choses – a reminder of adherence to an order of things (Ricoeur [1977]. Herméneutique de l’Idée de Révélation. In La Révélati…
Holding hope and mastering the possible: Mapping resilient moves of asylum-seeking and refugee families post arrival
Using in-depth interviews, this paper examines the performance of resilient practices by 17 asylum-seeking and refugee families (27 parents, 35 children) living in Belgium, and the ways in which such practices have been facilitated by social professionals (22) in various types of relationships to these families. Different from much research that studies how resilience can be ‘found’ through predictable relationships between pre-identified variabl…
Difference and negotiation from the borders: Islamic religious actors providing theological counternarratives for deradicalisation in Belgium
This contribution focuses on the specific Islamic authority figures that have been incorporated as ‘key figures’ in Belgian deradicalisation policies since 2015, in order to formulate a theological counter discourse. It asks firstly how these Muslim authority figures differentiate their position as ‘non-state’ actors manoeuvring a space of negotiation in secular power structures. Secondly, the contribution reflects on how they negotiate what Tala…
Islamic religious education at the heart of the secular problem-space in Belgium
This article aims at providing an answer to why and how, during the entire history of Islamic institutionalization in Belgium, Islamic education has remained at the centre of discussions concerning the place of Islam in Belgian society and in the formation of Belgian Muslim citizens. This question is differently approached in the northern/Flemish and southern/francophone part of the country, depending on specific historical sensibilities. By plac…
Introduction to Special Issue on “Exploring New Assemblages of Islamic Expert Education in Western Europe”
What constitutes ‘relevant’ and ‘apt’ Islamic knowledge and expert education of future Islamic authorities in Western Europe? This central point of departure of this Special Issue is a burdened question in the current public and political debate in Western Europe. In the last decades, higher education on Islam in Europe has predominantly taken place in two domains: in the publicly funded university context as Islamic Studies, and in the privately…
Resilience in liminality: How resilient moves are being negotiated by asylum-seeking families in the liminal context of asylum procedures
By elaborating on the concept of ‘resilient moves’, we try to show how resilience in the case of asylum-seeking families living in open, collective reception centres exists in a complicated relationship with vulnerability and is very much a matter of local negotiation rather than mere adaptation in the face of adversity. Building upon consecutive waves of resilience research, this approach inspired by practice theory focuses on the agency of acts…
Academization of Pious Learning: A Student's Quest in Religious Education
This paper focuses on the move towards "academization" of Islamic religious education in private institutes belonging to the reform movement in Brussels. An attempt is made to think through this move in terms of the sacred knowledge concerned, and the alleged implications for teachers and students of Islam. Some of the crucial elements that go with this shift are the aspiration for "distantiation" in teaching and knowing aspects of internal diver…
The relationship between words and being in the world for students of Qur’anic recitation in Brussels
Islamic religious education at the heart of the secular problem-space in Belgium
This article aims at providing an answer to why and how, during the entire history of Islamic institutionalization in Belgium, Islamic education has remained at the centre of discussions concerning the place of Islam in Belgian society and in the formation of Belgian Muslim citizens. This question is differently approached in the northern/Flemish and southern/francophone part of the country, depending on specific historical sensibilities. By plac…
Holding hope and mastering the possible: Mapping resilient moves of asylum-seeking and refugee families post arrival
Using in-depth interviews, this paper examines the performance of resilient practices by 17 asylum-seeking and refugee families (27 parents, 35 children) living in Belgium, and the ways in which such practices have been facilitated by social professionals (22) in various types of relationships to these families. Different from much research that studies how resilience can be ‘found’ through predictable relationships between pre-identified variabl…
Resilience in liminality: How resilient moves are being negotiated by asylum-seeking families in the liminal context of asylum procedures
By elaborating on the concept of ‘resilient moves’, we try to show how resilience in the case of asylum-seeking families living in open, collective reception centres exists in a complicated relationship with vulnerability and is very much a matter of local negotiation rather than mere adaptation in the face of adversity. Building upon consecutive waves of resilience research, this approach inspired by practice theory focuses on the agency of acts…
Difference and negotiation from the borders: Islamic religious actors providing theological counternarratives for deradicalisation in Belgium
This contribution focuses on the specific Islamic authority figures that have been incorporated as ‘key figures’ in Belgian deradicalisation policies since 2015, in order to formulate a theological counter discourse. It asks firstly how these Muslim authority figures differentiate their position as ‘non-state’ actors manoeuvring a space of negotiation in secular power structures. Secondly, the contribution reflects on how they negotiate what Tala…
Academization of Pious Learning: A Student's Quest in Religious Education
This paper focuses on the move towards "academization" of Islamic religious education in private institutes belonging to the reform movement in Brussels. An attempt is made to think through this move in terms of the sacred knowledge concerned, and the alleged implications for teachers and students of Islam. Some of the crucial elements that go with this shift are the aspiration for "distantiation" in teaching and knowing aspects of internal diver…
The relationship between words and being in the world for students of Qur’anic recitation in Brussels
Introduction to Special Issue on “Exploring New Assemblages of Islamic Expert Education in Western Europe”
What constitutes ‘relevant’ and ‘apt’ Islamic knowledge and expert education of future Islamic authorities in Western Europe? This central point of departure of this Special Issue is a burdened question in the current public and political debate in Western Europe. In the last decades, higher education on Islam in Europe has predominantly taken place in two domains: in the publicly funded university context as Islamic Studies, and in the privately…
Resilience in liminality: How resilient moves are being negotiated by asylum-seeking families in the liminal context of asylum procedures
By elaborating on the concept of ‘resilient moves’, we try to show how resilience in the case of asylum-seeking families living in open, collective reception centres exists in a complicated relationship with vulnerability and is very much a matter of local negotiation rather than mere adaptation in the face of adversity. Building upon consecutive waves of resilience research, this approach inspired by practice theory focuses on the agency of acts…
Academization of Pious Learning: A Student's Quest in Religious Education
This paper focuses on the move towards "academization" of Islamic religious education in private institutes belonging to the reform movement in Brussels. An attempt is made to think through this move in terms of the sacred knowledge concerned, and the alleged implications for teachers and students of Islam. Some of the crucial elements that go with this shift are the aspiration for "distantiation" in teaching and knowing aspects of internal diver…
Difference and negotiation from the borders: Islamic religious actors providing theological counternarratives for deradicalisation in Belgium
This contribution focuses on the specific Islamic authority figures that have been incorporated as ‘key figures’ in Belgian deradicalisation policies since 2015, in order to formulate a theological counter discourse. It asks firstly how these Muslim authority figures differentiate their position as ‘non-state’ actors manoeuvring a space of negotiation in secular power structures. Secondly, the contribution reflects on how they negotiate what Tala…
Islamic religious education at the heart of the secular problem-space in Belgium
This article aims at providing an answer to why and how, during the entire history of Islamic institutionalization in Belgium, Islamic education has remained at the centre of discussions concerning the place of Islam in Belgian society and in the formation of Belgian Muslim citizens. This question is differently approached in the northern/Flemish and southern/francophone part of the country, depending on specific historical sensibilities. By plac…
Holding hope and mastering the possible: Mapping resilient moves of asylum-seeking and refugee families post arrival
Using in-depth interviews, this paper examines the performance of resilient practices by 17 asylum-seeking and refugee families (27 parents, 35 children) living in Belgium, and the ways in which such practices have been facilitated by social professionals (22) in various types of relationships to these families. Different from much research that studies how resilience can be ‘found’ through predictable relationships between pre-identified variabl…
Reforming the Self, Unveiling the World: Engaging the Ontological Turn in an Anthropology of Islamic Piety
Based on ethnographic research (2013–2015) among adult courses on Islamic knowledge in Brussels’ mosques and Islamic institutions from a Moroccan background, this paper examines how the acquisition of ‘ilm al-Islam is understood not only as perfecting ‘ibādāt and mu‘āmalāt but also as a rappel d’appartenance à un ordre des choses – a reminder of adherence to an order of things (Ricoeur [1977]. Herméneutique de l’Idée de Révélation. In La Révélati…
Sociology (7 works) · Islam (5 works) · Education and Islamic Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Religious Education and Schools (3 works) · Religious studies (3 works)