Praying for One Umma: Rhetorical Construction of a Global Islamic Community in the Facebook Prayers of Young Finnish Muslims
| Autor: | Teemu Pauha |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Department of World Cultures 2010-2017, Social Psychologists Studying Intergroup Relations (ESSO) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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515 Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Ethnic group Identity (social science) nuoriso Islam Identity Rhetorical question Sociology islam ja Eurooppa media_common Nuorisotutkimus Prayer Rhetorical Psychology Internet lcsh:BL1-50 uskontopsykologia Religious studies Media studies lcsh:Religion (General) Articles 5144 Social psychology National identity Rhetorical device Consciousness uskontotiede 614 Theology |
| Zdroj: | Temenos-Nordic Journal for Study of Religion Temenos-Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion Temenos, Vol 53, Iss 1 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2342-7256 |
| Popis: | In this paper, I demonstrate how a universalising Muslim identity is constructed in the Facebook prayers of young Finnish Muslims. By analysing the rhetorical devices utilized in the prayer updates, I argue that the prayers serve a function similar to the ‘flagging’ of national identity; the prayers portray the Islamic umma as a unified community and seek to diminish possible counter-discourses that emphasise ethnic divisions among Muslims. This study thus supports earlier observations of a novel ‘umma consciousness’ that is on the rise among young generations of Muslims in Europe. |
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