American Islam : the struggle for the soul of a religion / Paul M. Barrett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barrett, Paul (Paul M.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--United States.

Muslims.

Muslim families.

Social conditions.

United States.

Islam--United States.

Islam.

Muslims--United States--Social conditions.

Muslim families--United States.

United States--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

304 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Ist edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.

Summary:

There are as many as six million Muslims in the United States today. Islam (together with Christianity and Judaism) is now an American faith, and the challenges Muslims face as they reconcile their intense and demanding faith with our chaotic and permissive society are recognizable to all of us. This book takes readers into Muslim homes, mosques, and private gatherings to introduce a population of striking variety. An intricate mixture of ideologies and cultures, American Muslims include immigrants and native born, black and white converts, those who are well integrated into the larger society and those who are alienated and extreme in their political views. Even as many American Muslims succeed in material terms and enrich our society, Islam is enmeshed in controversy in the United States, as thousands of American Muslims have been investigated and interrogated in the wake of 9/11.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Introduction: Muslims in America

The publisher

The scholar

The imam

The feminist

The mystics

The webmaster

The activist

Conclusion: the way ahead.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-286) and index.

ISBN:

9780374104238

OCLC:

66392925

Publisher Number:

9780374104238

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