03249nam 22006254a 450 991045220760332120200520144314.00-292-79577-7(CKB)1000000000467077(EBL)3443314(SSID)ssj0000273247(PQKBManifestationID)11205134(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273247(PQKBWorkID)10309218(PQKB)10778980(MiAaPQ)EBC3443314(OCoLC)614535522(MdBmJHUP)muse19354(Au-PeEL)EBL3443314(CaPaEBR)ebr10245802(EXLCZ)99100000000046707720051221d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen embracing Islam[electronic resource] gender and conversion in the West /edited by Karin van Nieuwkerk1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press20061 online resource (309 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-292-71273-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Muslim converts from ChristianityEuropeMuslim womenEuropeWomen in IslamEuropeGender identityEuropeSex roleReligious aspectsIslamElectronic books.Muslim converts from ChristianityMuslim womenWomen in IslamGender identitySex roleReligious aspectsIslam.297.082/091821Nieuwkerk Karin van1960-876504MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452207603321Women embracing Islam2267288UNINA