LEADER 03002nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910811083103321 005 20230207225540.0 010 $a1-281-36694-3 010 $a9786611366940 010 $a0-312-37621-9 024 7 $a10.1057/9780312376215 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342463 035 $a(EBL)307624 035 $a(OCoLC)315771149 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000740563 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12315648 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000740563 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10701317 035 $a(PQKB)10024917 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-312-37621-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC307624 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL307624 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10156434 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136694 035 $a(OCoLC)138167220 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342463 100 $a20060616d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBecoming Muslim $eWestern women's conversions to Islam /$fAnna Mansson-McGinty 205 $a1st ed. 2006. 210 $aBasingstoke $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 225 1 $aCulture, Mind, and Society 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-230-61668-2 311 $a1-4039-7611-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; M 327 $aNO; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z 330 $aWhile Islam has become a controversial topic in the West, a growing number of Westerners find powerful meaning in Islam. Becoming Muslim is an ethnographic study based on in-depth interviews with Swedish and American women who have converted to Islam. 410 0$aCulture, Mind, and Society 606 $aMuslim converts from Christianity$zEurope 606 $aMuslim women$zEurope$xSocial conditions 606 $aWomen in Islam$zEurope 606 $aSex role$xReligious aspects$xIslam 615 0$aMuslim converts from Christianity 615 0$aMuslim women$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aWomen in Islam 615 0$aSex role$xReligious aspects$xIslam. 676 $a297.574082091821 700 $aMansson McGinty$b Anna$01670914 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811083103321 996 $aBecoming Muslim$94033097 997 $aUNINA