Shiite “Communities of Practice” in Germany

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ID13061325
AuthorsRobert Langer (0000-0003-4255-0492, German Orient Foundation, corresponding author), Benjamin Weineck (University of Bayreuth)
Year2017
Volume6
Issue2
Pages216-240
Publication date2017-12-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Muslims in Europe (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2211-792X • E-ISSN: 2211-7954
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/22117954-12341351
OpenAlexW2772318139
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Although few in number, the various Shiite Muslim communities in Germany are highly diversified in terms of their linguistic, national and ethnic backgrounds and ritual practice. In order to come to terms with these multi-local actors and their specific articulations of Shiism, the article aimes at an analytical framework that integrates an open understanding of belonging: employing Leave and Wenger’s concept of “communities of practice”, it argues that a focus on common practice in which heterogeneous actors engage, enables us to grasp, on the one hand, the varying specific characteristics of different groups and, on the other, their mutual belonging to the wider Shiite field

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