Description

Book Synopsis
Ten essays by leading historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and theologians that probe Western women's motivations for converting to Islam.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword. Conversion and Gender, Two Contested Concepts (Willy Jansen)
  • Introduction. Gender and Conversion to Islam in the West (Karin van Nieuwkerk)
  • Part One. Contextualizing Conversion
    • Chapter 1. The Quest for Peace in Submission: Reflections on the Journey of American Women Converts to Islam (Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad)
    • Chapter 2. The Shaping of a Scandinavian "Islam": Converts and Gender Equal Opportunity (Anne Sofie Roald)
    • Chapter 3. Symbolizing Distance: Conversion to Islam in Germany and the United States (Monika Wohlrab-Sahr)
  • Part Two. Discourses and Narratives
    • Chapter 4. Gender, Conversion, and Islam: A Comparison of Online and Offline Conversion Narratives (Karin van Nieuwkerk)
    • Chapter 5. The Shifting Significance of the Halal/Haram Frontier: Narratives on the Hijab and Other Issues (Stefano Allievi)
  • Part Three. Trajectories and Paradigms
    • Chapter 6. Female Conversion to Islam: The Sufi Paradigm (Haifaa Jawad)
    • Chapter 7. African American Islam as an Expression of Converts' Religious Faith and Nationalist Dreams and Ambitions (Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons)
    • Chapter 8. Feminism and Conversion: Comparing British, Dutch, and South African Life Stories (Margot Badran)
  • Part Four. Transmission and Identity
    • Chapter 9. How Deborah Became Aisha: The Conversion Process and the Creation of Female Muslim Identity (Nicole Bourque)
    • Chapter 10. Keeping the Faith: Convert Muslim Mothers and the Transmission of Female Muslim Identity in the West (Marcia Hermansen)
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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      Publisher: MU - University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 7/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780292713024, 978-0292713024
      ISBN10: 0292713029
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Ten essays by leading historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and theologians that probe Western women's motivations for converting to Islam.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Foreword. Conversion and Gender, Two Contested Concepts (Willy Jansen)
      • Introduction. Gender and Conversion to Islam in the West (Karin van Nieuwkerk)
      • Part One. Contextualizing Conversion
        • Chapter 1. The Quest for Peace in Submission: Reflections on the Journey of American Women Converts to Islam (Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad)
        • Chapter 2. The Shaping of a Scandinavian "Islam": Converts and Gender Equal Opportunity (Anne Sofie Roald)
        • Chapter 3. Symbolizing Distance: Conversion to Islam in Germany and the United States (Monika Wohlrab-Sahr)
      • Part Two. Discourses and Narratives
        • Chapter 4. Gender, Conversion, and Islam: A Comparison of Online and Offline Conversion Narratives (Karin van Nieuwkerk)
        • Chapter 5. The Shifting Significance of the Halal/Haram Frontier: Narratives on the Hijab and Other Issues (Stefano Allievi)
      • Part Three. Trajectories and Paradigms
        • Chapter 6. Female Conversion to Islam: The Sufi Paradigm (Haifaa Jawad)
        • Chapter 7. African American Islam as an Expression of Converts' Religious Faith and Nationalist Dreams and Ambitions (Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons)
        • Chapter 8. Feminism and Conversion: Comparing British, Dutch, and South African Life Stories (Margot Badran)
      • Part Four. Transmission and Identity
        • Chapter 9. How Deborah Became Aisha: The Conversion Process and the Creation of Female Muslim Identity (Nicole Bourque)
        • Chapter 10. Keeping the Faith: Convert Muslim Mothers and the Transmission of Female Muslim Identity in the West (Marcia Hermansen)
      • Notes on Contributors
      • Index

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