This study explores the possibilities of identification and belonging in a socio-religious space that contains multiple communal boundaries. It is based on narrated accounts of White Christian German women living in Berlin, Germany, who have converted to Islam. Their shared cultural background with other White German women, their new Islamic religion, and, for some, their intermarriage affiliation with Muslims, position these women in a complex relation to the multiple communities within this space. This intersectional positioning opens up possibilities for constructing, negotiating and articulating religious, cultural, and gender identification and belonging. This study aims to investigate how these women construct notions of gender, Islam and Muslimness, and how they position themselves in relation to communal boundaries of identification and belonging. It also explores the sense they make of their positionings, and how these are expressed in their daily lives. To this end, the research describes their encounters in the spheres of the community and the family. The research aims to contribute to an enhanced understanding of gutes Leben, the human flourishing, of White German women who have converted to Islam.

本研究探讨了在包含多个公共边界的社会宗教空间中认同和归属的可能性。它基于生活在德国柏林的白人基督教德国妇女的叙述，她们已经皈依了伊斯兰教。她们与其他白人德国女性的共同文化背景、她们的新伊斯兰宗教，以及对一些人来说，她们与穆斯林的通婚关系，使这些女性与这个空间内的多个社区有着复杂的关系。这种交叉定位为构建、谈判和阐明宗教、文化和性别认同和归属开辟了可能性。本研究旨在调查这些女性如何构建性别、伊斯兰教和穆斯林的概念，以及他们如何根据认同和归属的公共边界来定位自己。它还探讨了他们对自己定位的意义，以及这些定位如何在他们的日常生活中表达。为此，研究描述了他们在社区和家庭领域的遭遇。该研究旨在帮助加深对皈依伊斯兰教的白人德国妇女的人类繁荣的gutes Leben的理解。