RT Book
T1 Women embracing Islam: gender and conversion in the West
A2 Nieuwkerk, Karin van 1960-
LA English
PP Austin
PB University of Texas Press
YR 2006
ED 1. ed.
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/505008998
AB 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
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BP170.5
SN 0292712731
SN 0292713029
SN 9780292712737
SN 9780292713024
K1 Muslim converts from Christianity : Europe
K1 Muslim Women : Europe
K1 Women in Islam : Europe
K1 Gender Identity : Europe
K1 Sex role : Religious aspects : Islam
K1 Aufsatzsammlung
K1 Bibliografie