Reaching the Limits of Secularization? Turkish- and Moroccan-Dutch Muslims in the Netherlands 1998-2006

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 359-367

  Maliepaard, Mieke ^a   Gijsberts, Mérove ^b   Lubbers, Marcel ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Institute for Social Research   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Muslim migrants; Religious practice; Second generation; Secularization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862118383     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2012.01647.x     Document Type: Article

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