Rethinking Islam in Europe : Contemporary Approaches in Islamic Religious Education and Theology

Open Access Islamic theology had to wait a long time before being granted a place in the European universities. That happened above all in German-speaking areas, and this led to the development of new theological and religious pedagogical approaches. This volume presents one such approach and discusses it from various perspectives. It takes up different theological and religious pedagogical themes and reflects on them anew from the perspective of the contemporary context. The primary focus is on contemporary challenges and possible answers from the perspective of Islamic theology and religious pedagogy. It discusses general themes like the location of Islamic theology and religious pedagogy at secular European universities. The volume also explores concrete challenges, such as the extent to which Islamic religious pedagogy can be conceptualised anew, how it should deal with its own theological tradition in the contemporary context, and how a positive attitude towards worldview and religious plurality can be cultivated. At issue here are foundations of a new interpretation of Islam that takes into account both a reflective approach to the Islamic tradition and the contemporary context. In doing so, it gives Muslims the opportunity to take their own thinking further. Focuses on: Present challenges for Islamic Theology and religious pedagogy Interreligious learning and religious plurality Context-sensitive approaches in Islamic theology and religious pedagogy

Islamic theology had to wait a long time before being granted a place in the European universities. That happened above all in German-speaking areas, and this led to the development of new theological and religious pedagogical approaches. This volume presents one such approach and discusses it from various perspectives. It takes up different theological and religious pedagogical themes and reflects on them anew from the perspective of the contemporary context.
The primary focus is on contemporary challenges and possible answers from the perspective of Islamic theology and religious pedagogy. It discusses general themes like the location of Islamic theology and religious pedagogy at secular European universities. The volume also explores concrete challenges, such as the extent to which Islamic religious pedagogy can be conceptualised anew, how it should deal with its own theological tradition in the contemporary context, and how a positive attitude towards worldview and religious plurality can be cultivated.
At issue here are foundations of a new interpretation of Islam that takes into account both a reflective approach to the Islamic tradition and the contemporary context. In doing so, it gives Muslims the opportunity to take their own thinking further.

Contents Introduction Islam as Part of European Society Islamic Theology in European Universities In the Midst of Ambivalences in Islam Theological and Anthropological Foundations of Religious Learning: A Commentary ‘Whoever does not leave his own shore behind will never discover anything new’: Challenges for Islamic Religious Education in the European Context Between Certainty and Contingency: On the Way to a New Understanding of Islamic Theology and Religious Education in the European Context Foundations of a Theology-Sensitive and Participant-Centred Model for Islamic Religious Education and Religious Didactics in the German-Speaking Context Value Issues in Islamic Religious Education in the Austrian Context Religious Plurality from the Perspective of Islamic Religious Education Interreligious Dialogue from a Muslim Perspective Foundations of Interreligious Learning from an Islamic Perspective Jesus Christ in the Perspective of Islam Human Rights and Islam: Another Perspective Secular and Religious: Challenges for Islamic Theology Closing Remarks List of Sources Bibliography After Islamic theology was given a place at universities in German-speaking areas, certain issues in the Islamic theology and religious pedagogy took on greater importance and moved to the forefront of discussion. A collection of various articles by the author, this book focuses on developing an understanding of Islam that is context-sensitive and takes both the Islamic tradition and the new European context into account