gender and conversion in the West Nieuwkerk, Karin van 1960- ebrary, Inc text bibliography biography Electronic books. txu Austin University of Texas Press 2006 1st ed. monographic eng

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xii, 294 p. : ill. 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. edited by Karin van Nieuwkerk. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. e------ Muslim converts from Christianity Europe Muslim women Europe Women in Islam Europe Gender identity Europe Sex role Religious aspects Islam BP170.5 .W66 2006eb 297.082/091821 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10245802 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10245802 CaPaEBR 051221 ebr10245802