03029nam 2200709Ia 450 991078414280332120230207225540.01-281-36694-397866113669400-312-37621-910.1057/9780312376215(CKB)1000000000342463(EBL)307624(OCoLC)315771149(SSID)ssj0000740563(PQKBManifestationID)12315648(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000740563(PQKBWorkID)10701317(PQKB)10024917(DE-He213)978-0-312-37621-5(MiAaPQ)EBC307624(Au-PeEL)EBL307624(CaPaEBR)ebr10156434(CaONFJC)MIL136694(OCoLC)138167220(EXLCZ)99100000000034246320060616d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBecoming Muslim[electronic resource] Western women's conversions to Islam /Anna Mansson-McGinty1st ed. 2006.Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan20061 online resource (217 p.)Culture, Mind, and SocietyDescription based upon print version of record.0-230-61668-2 1-4039-7611-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I: The Individual Conversion; Chapter One: Conversion and Identity Formation; Chapter Two: A Step toward the Unknown; Chapter Three: The Conversion Narrative; Part II: Personal Worlds; Chapter Four: Personal Models of Spirituality and Social Conscience; Chapter Five: Personal Models of Gender; Chapter Six: The Veil and Alternative Femininities; Part III: Encounters; Chapter Seven: Looping Effects of Meaning; Chapter Eight: Family, Work, Sisterhood; Chapter Nine: Personal Versions of Islam; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; MNO; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZWhile Islam has become a controversial topic in the West, a growing number of Westerners find powerful meaning in Islam. Becoming Muslim is an ethnographic study based on in-depth interviews with Swedish and American women who have converted to Islam.Culture, Mind, and SocietyMuslim converts from ChristianityEuropeMuslim womenEuropeSocial conditionsWomen in IslamEuropeSex roleReligious aspectsIslamMuslim converts from ChristianityMuslim womenSocial conditions.Women in IslamSex roleReligious aspectsIslam.297.574082091821Mansson McGinty Anna1514185MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784142803321Becoming Muslim3749143UNINA