02975nam a22004334a 4500 ebr10245802 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 051221s2006 txua sb s001 0deng 2005037096 GBA655531 bnb 013494596 Uk 0292712731 (cloth : alk. paper) 0292713029 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780292712737 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780292713024 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)614535522 e------ BP170.5 .W66 2006eb 297.082/091821 22 Women embracing Islam [electronic resource] : gender and conversion in the West / edited by Karin van Nieuwkerk. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006. xii, 294 p. : ill. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Muslim converts from Christianity Europe. Muslim women Europe. Women in Islam Europe. Gender identity Europe. Sex role Religious aspects Islam. Electronic books. local Nieuwkerk, Karin van, 1960- ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10245802 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 35608 35608