Women embracing Islam: gender and conversion in the West
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...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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Austin
University of Texas Press
2006
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| In: | Year: 2006 |
| Edition: | 1. ed. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Western world
/ Woman
/ Islam
/ Conversion (Religion)
B Christian woman (motif) / Islam / Conversion (Religion) B Woman / Islam / Conversion (Religion) |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Gender Identity (Europe) B Muslim Women Europe B Women in Islam (Europe) B Sex role Religious aspects Islam B Muslim Women (Europe) B Muslim converts from Christianity Europe B Women in Islam Europe B Muslim converts from Christianity (Europe) B Gender Identity Europe B Bibliography |
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Table of contents only Verlagsangaben (Verlag) |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0292712731 |