ISBN:
0292712731
,
0292713029
,
9780292712737
,
9780292713024
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 294 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
1. ed.
DDC:
297.082/091821
Keywords:
Muslim converts from Christianity
;
Muslim women
;
Women in Islam
;
Gender identity
;
Sex role Religious aspects
;
Islam
;
Muslim converts from Christianity Europe
;
Muslim women Europe
;
Women in Islam Europe
;
Gender identity Europe
;
Sex role Religious aspects
;
Islam
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Bibliografie
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Bibliografie
;
Westliche Welt
;
Frau
;
Islam
;
Konversion
;
Christin
;
Islam
;
Konversion
;
Frau
;
Islam
;
Konversion
Abstract:
Conversion and gender, two contested concepts / Willy jansen -- Gender and conversion to Islam in the West / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- Contextualizing conversion -- The quest for peace in submission: reflections on the journey of American women converts to Islam -- Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- The shaping of a Scandinavian "Islam": converts and gender equal opportunity / Anne Sofie Roald -- Symbolizing distance: conversion to Islam in Germany and the United States / Monika Wohlrab-Sahr -- Discourses and narratives -- Gender, conversion, and Islam: a comparison of online and offline conversion narratives / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- The shifting significance of the halal/haram frontier: narratives on the hijab and other issues / Stefano Allievi -- Trajectories and paradigms -- Female conversion to Islam: the Sufi paradigm / Haifaa Jawad -- African American Islam as an expression of converts' religious faith and nationalist dreams and ambitions / Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons -- Feminism and conversion: comparing British, Dutch, and South African life stories -- Margot Badran -- Transmission and identity -- How Deborah became Aisha: the conversion process and the creation of female Muslim identity / Nicole Bourque -- Keeping the faith: convert Muslim mothers and the transmission of female Muslim identity in the West / Marcia Hermansen
Description / Table of Contents:
Conversion and gender, two contested concepts / Willy jansen -- Gender and conversion to Islam in the West / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- Contextualizing conversion -- The quest for peace in submission: reflections on the journey of American women converts to Islam -- Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- The shaping of a Scandinavian "Islam": converts and gender equal opportunity / Anne Sofie Roald -- Symbolizing distance: conversion to Islam in Germany and the United States / Monika Wohlrab-Sahr -- Discourses and narratives -- Gender, conversion, and Islam: a comparison of online and offline conversion narratives / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- The shifting significance of the halal/haram frontier: narratives on the hijab and other issues / Stefano Allievi -- Trajectories and paradigms -- Female conversion to Islam: the Sufi paradigm / Haifaa Jawad -- African American Islam as an expression of converts' religious faith and nationalist dreams and ambitions / Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons -- Feminism and conversion: comparing British, Dutch, and South African life stories -- Margot Badran -- Transmission and identity -- How Deborah became Aisha: the conversion process and the creation of female Muslim identity / Nicole Bourque -- Keeping the faith: convert Muslim mothers and the transmission of female Muslim identity in the West / Marcia Hermansen
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005037096.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005037096.html
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