Carmen Becker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4496124 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carmen Becker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carmen |
| FAMILY NAME | Becker |
| SIGNATURE | BECKER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Technische Universität Braunschweig |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6181-8151 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Bridging Borders
Reconstructing the Study of Religion”
This essay engages Josephson Storm’s project of the reconstruction of the study of religion after the latest linguistic and material turns and what he calls radical skepticism by provincializing his account of the study of religion and the human sciences. Referencing postfoundational reconstructive approaches, I argue that so called poststructural theories have already led to new reconstructive efforts, also in the study of religion, at least in …
The “Muslim Question”
The introduction to the special issue The “Muslim Question”: The Micropolitics of Normalizing Islam and Muslims outlines three dynamics at play in all four contributions: normalization, classification and micropolitics. Starting with Michel Foucault and his notion of normalization, I argue that Muslims are classified and problematized in specific ways depending on the particular socio-historical context. Every problem and every classification dep…
II Die Verknüpfung von praxisund diskurstheoretischen Ansätzen
In der Religionswissenschaft werden Praxis- und Diskurstheorien überwiegend als getrennte Forschungsprogramme mit einem jeweils eigenen Leitkonzept gedacht und angewandt. Dieser Beitrag knüpft an Studien und Beiträgen aus der Kultursoziologie an und schlägt eine Verschränkung der praxis- und diskurstheoretischen Perspektive für die empirische, religionswissenschaftliche Forschung vor. Die Möglichkeit einer Verschränkung ergibt sich aus dem gemein…
Returning to the Empirical after the Discursive Turn
The Production of Salafi Spaces in Computer-mediated Environments
The concept or notion of ‘digital religion’ has gained traction in recent years in the study of the intersection of media and religion. In this paper, I argue that this concept tends to reify ‘religion’ as a unique, sui generis phenomenon, disregarding decades-long debates about the idea of ‘religion’ in the study of religion. After deconstructing the notion of ‘digital religion’, as put forward in an essay by Stewart Hoover and Nabil Echchaibi (…
Islamic Militant Activism in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany
Integrating multilingualism into the early foreign language classroom
We report on a research project that develops and measures the efficacy of multilingual teaching approaches in the early English foreign language (FL) classroom in Germany. Although there is an abundance of programmatic calls for integrating minority and other languages the students speak in FL teaching, there are few materials and methods for systematic classroom implementation, let alone evidence of their efficacy in promoting FL achievement or…
Islamic Militant Activism in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany
An approach to creative speaking activities in the young learners’ classroom
The main focus of early foreign language learning in Europe is on the development of oral skills. In the classroom, speaking is usually reproductive and imitative and activities aim at the production of closely supported accurate output. Opportunities for young learners to experiment with the language and to use it productively outside of fixed dialogues are often rare. However, developing fluency and basic speaking competencies requires more tha…
Populäre Prediger im deutschen Salafismus Hassan Dabbagh, Pierre Vogel, Sven Lau und Ibrahim Abou Nagie
The Transmission and Dynamics of the Textual Sources of Islam
For many Muslims, the textual sources of Islam provide the guiding principles on which they base their beliefs. These texts have also been studied by Western scholars of Islam for centuries. Most of their work has focussed on the historicity of the texts, often at the expense of the study of Muslims' highly diverse interpretation and application of these sources in everyday life. This volume provides new insights into the transmission of these so…
Muslims on the Path of the Salaf Al-Salih
The transfer of religious rituals into computer-mediated environments (CMEs) has attracted the attention of scholars in recent years. This article aims to contribute to this field by analysing the ritual dynamics in Dutch and German chat rooms as well as Internet discussion forums popular among Muslims following the Salafiyya. Two questions stand in the centre of the analysis: How are rituals transferred to new CMEs? And what accounts for the var…
An approach to creative speaking activities in the young learners’ classroom
The main focus of early foreign language learning in Europe is on the development of oral skills. In the classroom, speaking is usually reproductive and imitative and activities aim at the production of closely supported accurate output. Opportunities for young learners to experiment with the language and to use it productively outside of fixed dialogues are often rare. However, developing fluency and basic speaking competencies requires more tha…
The Transmission and Dynamics of the Textual Sources of Islam
For many Muslims, the textual sources of Islam provide the guiding principles on which they base their beliefs. These texts have also been studied by Western scholars of Islam for centuries. Most of their work has focussed on the historicity of the texts, often at the expense of the study of Muslims' highly diverse interpretation and application of these sources in everyday life. This volume provides new insights into the transmission of these so…
Muslims on the Path of the Salaf Al-Salih
The transfer of religious rituals into computer-mediated environments (CMEs) has attracted the attention of scholars in recent years. This article aims to contribute to this field by analysing the ritual dynamics in Dutch and German chat rooms as well as Internet discussion forums popular among Muslims following the Salafiyya. Two questions stand in the centre of the analysis: How are rituals transferred to new CMEs? And what accounts for the var…
Populäre Prediger im deutschen Salafismus Hassan Dabbagh, Pierre Vogel, Sven Lau und Ibrahim Abou Nagie
An approach to creative speaking activities in the young learners’ classroom
The main focus of early foreign language learning in Europe is on the development of oral skills. In the classroom, speaking is usually reproductive and imitative and activities aim at the production of closely supported accurate output. Opportunities for young learners to experiment with the language and to use it productively outside of fixed dialogues are often rare. However, developing fluency and basic speaking competencies requires more tha…
Islamic Militant Activism in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany
Integrating multilingualism into the early foreign language classroom
We report on a research project that develops and measures the efficacy of multilingual teaching approaches in the early English foreign language (FL) classroom in Germany. Although there is an abundance of programmatic calls for integrating minority and other languages the students speak in FL teaching, there are few materials and methods for systematic classroom implementation, let alone evidence of their efficacy in promoting FL achievement or…
Islamic Militant Activism in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany
II Die Verknüpfung von praxisund diskurstheoretischen Ansätzen
In der Religionswissenschaft werden Praxis- und Diskurstheorien überwiegend als getrennte Forschungsprogramme mit einem jeweils eigenen Leitkonzept gedacht und angewandt. Dieser Beitrag knüpft an Studien und Beiträgen aus der Kultursoziologie an und schlägt eine Verschränkung der praxis- und diskurstheoretischen Perspektive für die empirische, religionswissenschaftliche Forschung vor. Die Möglichkeit einer Verschränkung ergibt sich aus dem gemein…
Returning to the Empirical after the Discursive Turn
The Production of Salafi Spaces in Computer-mediated Environments
The concept or notion of ‘digital religion’ has gained traction in recent years in the study of the intersection of media and religion. In this paper, I argue that this concept tends to reify ‘religion’ as a unique, sui generis phenomenon, disregarding decades-long debates about the idea of ‘religion’ in the study of religion. After deconstructing the notion of ‘digital religion’, as put forward in an essay by Stewart Hoover and Nabil Echchaibi (…
The “Muslim Question”
The introduction to the special issue The “Muslim Question”: The Micropolitics of Normalizing Islam and Muslims outlines three dynamics at play in all four contributions: normalization, classification and micropolitics. Starting with Michel Foucault and his notion of normalization, I argue that Muslims are classified and problematized in specific ways depending on the particular socio-historical context. Every problem and every classification dep…
Reconstructing the Study of Religion”
This essay engages Josephson Storm’s project of the reconstruction of the study of religion after the latest linguistic and material turns and what he calls radical skepticism by provincializing his account of the study of religion and the human sciences. Referencing postfoundational reconstructive approaches, I argue that so called poststructural theories have already led to new reconstructive efforts, also in the study of religion, at least in …
Bridging Borders
Sociology (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Islam (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Social science (3 works)