Representation of Shia Muslim life in Contemporary German Society (Hamburg Case Study)

Hamidreza Torabi Arous Mahalleh, Allah Karam Karamipour, Baqir Talebi Darabi

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"Representation of Shia Muslim Life in Germany" is a cultural anthropological study on the religiosity of Hamburgian Shias. Using the qualitative method of sensory autoethnography, the researcher describes and analyzes his lived experiences and attempts to clarify how religion is embodied in the face of tradition and modernity. The results of the study indicate the cultural resilience of Shias in a spectrum of pluralism in the new ecosystem.


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Representation; Religiosity; Shia Life; Autoethnography

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