{"product_id":"women-embracing-islam-9780292713024","title":"Women Embracing Islam","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen essays by leading historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and theologians that probe Western women's motivations for converting to Islam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Foreword. Conversion and Gender, Two Contested Concepts (Willy Jansen) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction. Gender and Conversion to Islam in the West (Karin van Nieuwkerk) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part One. Contextualizing Conversion \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. The Quest for Peace in Submission: Reflections on the Journey of American Women Converts to Islam (Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. The Shaping of a Scandinavian \"Islam\": Converts and Gender Equal Opportunity (Anne Sofie Roald) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. Symbolizing Distance: Conversion to Islam in Germany and the United States (Monika Wohlrab-Sahr) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part Two. Discourses and Narratives \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. Gender, Conversion, and Islam: A Comparison of Online and Offline Conversion Narratives (Karin van Nieuwkerk) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 5. The Shifting Significance of the Halal\/Haram Frontier: Narratives on the Hijab and Other Issues (Stefano Allievi) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part Three. Trajectories and Paradigms \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 6. Female Conversion to Islam: The Sufi Paradigm (Haifaa Jawad) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 7. African American Islam as an Expression of Converts' Religious Faith and Nationalist Dreams and Ambitions (Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 8. Feminism and Conversion: Comparing British, Dutch, and South African Life Stories (Margot Badran) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part Four. Transmission and Identity \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 9. How Deborah Became Aisha: The Conversion Process and the Creation of Female Muslim Identity (Nicole Bourque) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 10. Keeping the Faith: Convert Muslim Mothers and the Transmission of Female Muslim Identity in the West (Marcia Hermansen) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes on Contributors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MU - University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195180675415,"sku":"9780292713024","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292713024.jpg?v=1763646660","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-embracing-islam-9780292713024","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}