Forms of Muslim Children’s Spirituality

Fahimah Ulfat, Ph.D. (2016), Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, is Professor of Islamic Religious Education at the Center for Islamic Theology at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. Her research interests include empirical studies on youth and religion, religion and gender, teacher professionalism and interreligious learning.

• AcknowledgementList of Figures1 Introduction1 Problem Context2 Subject of the Study: The Action-Oriented Relevance of Relations to God3 Methodological Approach4 Structure of the Study2 State of Research and Research Question1 State of Research in the Field of Children’s Conceptions of God2 Description of the Research Objective3 Specifying the Research Question3 Methodological Foundation and Methodological Approach1 Methodological Decisions2 Survey Method: Narrative Interview3 Interpretation Procedure: Documentary Method4 Strategy of Generating the Sample4 Empirical Research Results1 Short Portraits of the Interviewed Children in the Sample2 Development of Typologies in the Present Study: Comparative Analysis and Theoretical Summarization3 Basic Typology: Forms of Self-Relating4 Type A: Relating of the Self to God in the Mode of Personalization5 Type B: Relating of the Self to God in the Mode of Moralization and Orientation towards Tradition6 Type C: Relating of the Self to Immanent Dimensions in the Mode of Distance from God7 Summary: Types of Relations to God among Muslim Children5 Discussion of the Research Results1 Discussion of the Research Results in the Educational Context2 Discussion of the Results in the Theological Context3 Reflection on the Results Regarding the Importance of Religious Education4 Summary6 Conclusion1 Introduction2 Praxeological Suggestions3 Suggestions for Further ResearchAppendix: Sample TableReferencesIndex