{"product_id":"being-german-becoming-muslim-race-religion-and-conversion-in-the-new-europe-9780691162799","title":"Being German, Becoming Muslim: Race, Religion, and Conversion in the New Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery year more and more Europeans, including Germans, are embracing Islam. It is estimated that there are now up to one hundred thousand German converts-a number similar to that in France and the United Kingdom. What stands out about recent conversions is that they take place at a time when Islam is increasingly seen as contrary to European values. \u003ci\u003eBeing German, Becoming Muslim\u003c\/i\u003e explores how Germans come to Islam within this antagonistic climate, how they manage to balance their love for Islam with their society's fear of it, how they relate to immigrant Muslims, and how they shape debates about race, religion, and belonging in today's Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEsra Özyürek looks at how mainstream society marginalizes converts and questions their national loyalties. In turn, converts try to disassociate themselves from migrants of Muslim-majority countries and promote a denationalized Islam untainted by Turkish or Arab traditions. Some German Muslims believe that once cleansed of these accretions, the Islam that surfaces fits in well with German values and lifestyle. Others even argue that being a German Muslim is wholly compatible with the older values of the German Enlightenment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeing German, Becoming Muslim\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fresh window into the connections and tensions stemming from a growing religious phenomenon in Germany and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Esra Özyürek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.16h x 5.09w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691162799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEsra Özyürek\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor at the European Institute of the London School of Economics. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eNostalgia for the Modern: State Secularism and Everyday Politics in Turkey\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40551724187763,"sku":"9.78069E+12","price":40.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_24ff5b8f-3243-4ac5-aa91-1bdfc3960d03.jpg?v=1667396968","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/being-german-becoming-muslim-race-religion-and-conversion-in-the-new-europe-9780691162799","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}