THE CRISIS OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITY OF BOSNIAKS IN GERMANY (ESSAY) Cover Image

Kriza religijskog identiteta Bošnjaka u Njemačkoj (esej)
THE CRISIS OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITY OF BOSNIAKS IN GERMANY (ESSAY)

Author(s): Bilal Hodžić
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Islam studies, Sociology of Culture, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Naučnoistraživački institut »Ibn Sina«
Keywords: crisis; identity; religion; Bosnians; Germany; integration; assimilation; isolation; religious identity; the diaspora;

Summary/Abstract: The crisis of religious identity can occur not only in the Diaspora that is separate from its Motherland but even in the mainstream. This crisis due to a lack of religious and cultural ties are more common in the Diaspora, where under the influence of the dominant culture comes to integration, asimiliation and sometimes in order to preserve the religious identity to isolation. This essay deals with the issue of religious identity of Bosniaks in Germany, first second and third generation, who tells us about their relationship to faith and the manner of their own identities.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2016
  • Issue No: 70/71
  • Page Range: 193-207
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bosnian