The German Environmental Organization Hima from a Transnational Perspective

This article explores the Islamic theoretical development within environmental philosophy and its manifestation in environmental action through the spiritual sources of the German environmental organization Hima. Hima fills an inner spiritual gap by combining a German Muslim identity with environmentalism. Empirical materials such as participant observation, interviews, and the website of Hima are used to provide an example of how transnational currents are bound together in questions of religion, environmentalism, and identity. This is beneficial for understanding the connections between religion and nature in practical eco-Islamic action. Research on Hima may shed light on how religious theories move from text to territory and from theology to lived religion. The article presents Hima, eco-Islam, and the German context, followed by a discussion on transnationalism. It uses theories from Levitt, Vásques and Knott, and Vásques and DeWind, and presents the religious sources used by Hima alongside the context of NSM by Hancock.