Russia's Muslims With and Without Islam

Marat Shterin

Russia's Muslims With and Without Islam

Theology & Religious Studies

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Abstract

The chapter deploys the concept of 'ambient Islam' as an effective lens to explore teh ways in which Muslims engage with their religion in the post-Soviet situation when ethnicity and religion have become increasingly important in forming individual and groups identities. Rather than assuming that Muslims embrace Islam as an identifiable system of beliefs and practices, the chapter shows how they learn about and make sense of the religion in different cultural environments and depending on their moral, social and political concerns. As a result, they construct their own cultural, social and political visions of islam, which they see as meaningful at certain intersections of their biographies and the histories of their communities, their country and the wider world. The chapter also explores the implications of conceptualising Islam as an ambient religion for our understanding of religiously inflected radicalism and the state's policies toward it.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Islam in Russia
Subtitle of host publication	Religion, Politics & Society
Editors	Gregory Simons, Marat Shterin, Eric Shiraev
Place of Publication	Boulder, Co; London
Publisher	Lynne Rienner Publishers
Chapter	2
Pages	11 - 30
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-955055-37-4
ISBN (Print)	978-1-955055-37-6
Publication status	Published - 15 Jan 2023

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