ABSTRACT
The approach to the study of religiosity represented in the chapters in this volume is unlikely to come as a surprise to readers who are familiar with recent trends in the study of religion in Europe and North America. On the other hand readers more familiar with the study of Islam and Muslims are likely to find approaches here with which they are less familiar. A number of related approaches to the study of Muslims are mobilised here which have in common the focus on the individual and everyday in ways which are unusual, although not completely unknown, in the majority Muslim world. The volume thus contributes to an ongoing process of development within the field of Islamic studies, where the study of Muslim communities in Europe and North America is experimenting with theories and methods which may be useful in broadening and deepening Islamic studies more generally.
