Embedding Islam in the ‘Moral Covenants’ of European States:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Embedding Islam in the ‘Moral Covenants’ of European States: "
Welmoet Boender

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072563
Doc. No	:	LA116192
Call No	:	‭10.1163/22117954-12341265‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Welmoet Boender
Title & Author	:	Embedding Islam in the ‘Moral Covenants’ of European States: [Article] : The Case of a State-Funded Imam Training in the Netherlands\ Welmoet Boender
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Muslims in Europe
Date	:	2013
Volume/ Issue Number	:	2/2
Page No	:	227–247
Abstract	:	Modern European societies have set their ‘moral covenants’ in recent history and these underpin their social institutions. But what happens when new ‘alien’ religious institutions have to be included into the ‘moral commonwealth’ since a considerable number of people from different cultural backgrounds have come to live in Europe? How do the ‘fragile formulas’ (Salvatore) or ‘moral covenants’ (Selznick) underpin the institutionalisation process of Muslim institutions? How do the covenants persist and change? The institutionalisation processes of imam training programmes in Europe are excellent examples which can be used to examine the content and contemporary use of these ‘moral covenants.’ This paper explores the example of the Dutch ‘imam training debate,’ as a contribution to ongoing studies which focus on strategies of various actors involved in the institutionalisation process of Muslim learning institutions in Europe. Modern European societies have set their ‘moral covenants’ in recent history and these underpin their social institutions. But what happens when new ‘alien’ religious institutions have to be included into the ‘moral commonwealth’ since a considerable number of people from different cultural backgrounds have come to live in Europe? How do the ‘fragile formulas’ (Salvatore) or ‘moral covenants’ (Selznick) underpin the institutionalisation process of Muslim institutions? How do the covenants persist and change? The institutionalisation processes of imam training programmes in Europe are excellent examples which can be used to examine the content and contemporary use of these ‘moral covenants.’ This paper explores the example of the Dutch ‘imam training debate,’ as a contribution to ongoing studies which focus on strategies of various actors involved in the institutionalisation process of Muslim learning institutions in Europe.
Descriptor	:	European Islam
Descriptor	:	imam training
Descriptor	:	moral commonwealth
Descriptor	:	moral covenant
Descriptor	:	The Netherlands
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/22117954-12341265‬