Disentangling Religion and Culture: Americanizing Islam as the Price of Assimilation

This essay is an exploration into the social inevitabilities of culture shifts within the American Muslim community’s self-understanding of their faith. Rather than a theological explication of the reasons why and why not Islam may or can or will not assimilate in America, our approach will be stric...

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Main Author: Morgan, John H. 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2013
In: International journal of islamic thought
Year: 2013, Volume: 4, Pages: 28-36
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