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Book SynopsisThe empirical study on the broad spectrum of Muslim children in Germany and their relations to God is fundamental for the scientific understanding of the development and formation of their faith. At the same time the findings of this work are also highly relevant for the further development of an academic and empirically based Islamic religious education both in a secular and in a highly individualized society. The aim of this book is to provide a framework for the life of young believers in a religiously plural society, in which the individual relationship to God and the reflexivity of one's own religion are a decisive prerequisite for preventing radicalization and moral rigidity. This book favors an anthropological shift and an approach that takes the potential of children with their theology and their search for the meaning of life seriously.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgement List of Figures 1 Introduction 1 Problem Context 2 Subject of the Study: The Action-Oriented Relevance of Relations to God 3 Methodological Approach 4 Structure of the Study 2 State of Research and Research Question 1 State of Research in the Field of Children’s Conceptions of God 2 Description of the Research Objective 3 Specifying the Research Question 3 Methodological Foundation and Methodological Approach 1 Methodological Decisions 2 Survey Method: Narrative Interview 3 Interpretation Procedure: Documentary Method 4 Strategy of Generating the Sample 4 Empirical Research Results 1 Short Portraits of the Interviewed Children in the Sample 2 Development of Typologies in the Present Study: Comparative Analysis and Theoretical Summarization 3 Basic Typology: Forms of Self-Relating 4 Type A: Relating of the Self to God in the Mode of Personalization 5 Type B: Relating of the Self to God in the Mode of Moralization and Orientation towards Tradition 6 Type C: Relating of the Self to Immanent Dimensions in the Mode of Distance from God 7 Summary: Types of Relations to God among Muslim Children 5 Discussion of the Research Results 1 Discussion of the Research Results in the Educational Context 2 Discussion of the Results in the Theological Context 3 Reflection on the Results Regarding the Importance of Religious Education 4 Summary 6 Conclusion 1 Introduction 2 Praxeological Suggestions 3 Suggestions for Further Research Appendix: Sample Table References Index
