Sharma, Sonya; (2023) ‘She taught me how to do it properly’: religious practices in Muslim sister relationships. In: Slee, Nicola and Llewellyn, Dawn and Taylor-Guthartz, Lindsey and Wasey, Kim, (eds.) Female Faith Practices Qualitative Research Perspectives. Routledge: London, UK.

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Within studies on gender, family and religion, parent–child religious transmission continues to be prioritised. As a result, other family relationships such as siblings, and in particular sisters, remain invisible to this social process. Through qualitative in-depth interviews with a small diverse group of Muslim women who were identified as sisters, this chapter focusses on how sisters impact everyday religious practices such as prayer and wearing the headscarf. Lateral and vertical intersections in being the eldest sister are also explored along with dynamics of comparison and respectability. By looking horizontally, this paper foregrounds the mutual shaping of sister relations and religiosity, developing a new direction in the sociological study of gender and faith within families.

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