Islam and ‘Scientific Religion' in the United States before 1935

This article examines the engagement of Islam by a certain family of religious movements, which I term ‘Scientific Religion', that developed in the United States during the nineteenth century. Not only was Scientific Religion a religious matrix in which Islam was regularly portrayed in a positi...

Description complète

Enregistré dans:  
Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Bowen, Patrick D. (Auteur)
Type de support: Numérique/imprimé Article
Langue:Anglais
Vérifier la disponibilité: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
En cours de chargement...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Publié: Routledge [2011]
Dans: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Année: 2011, Volume: 22, Numéro: 3, Pages: 311-328
Sujets non-standardisés:B Freemasonry
B conversion to Islam
B Islam in the nineteenth century
B African-American Islam
B United States
B Spiritualism
B metaphysical religion
Accès en ligne: Volltext (doi)
Description
Résumé:This article examines the engagement of Islam by a certain family of religious movements, which I term ‘Scientific Religion', that developed in the United States during the nineteenth century. Not only was Scientific Religion a religious matrix in which Islam was regularly portrayed in a positive light, but also more Scientific Religionists took on an Islamic identity than any other group of Muslim sympathizers. This was due to the fact that, unlike many of the more mainstream liberal religions, Scientific Religion did not rule out the possibility that exclusive commitment to one specific traditional religious identity could be used to promote Scientific Religion values. In fact, the largest and most prominent US Islamic-identity convert groups of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries were significantly influenced by Scientific Religion.
ISSN:0959-6410
Contient:Enthalten in: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2011.586511