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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Beteiligte: Nieuwkerk, Karin van 1960- (HerausgeberIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Austin University of Texas Press 2006
In:Jahr: 2006
Ausgabe:1. ed.
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Westliche Welt / Frau / Islam / Konversion (Religion)
B Christin / Islam / Konversion (Religion)
B Frau / Islam / Konversion (Religion)
weitere Schlagwörter:B Gender Identity (Europe)
B Muslim Women Europe
B Aufsatzsammlung
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 Bibliografie
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0292712731