Islamic daʻwah in the West : Muslim missionary activity and the dynamics of conversion to Islam / Larry Poston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poston, Larry, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Missions--United States.

Islam.

Muslim converts--United States.

Muslim converts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An examination of Islamic evangelism, or da'wah, as it has been interpreted and practiced by Muslims in the West. Beginning with a history of Islamic expansionism, the author traces the concept of da'wah from the earliest followers of Islam to new missionary strategies in North America.

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; I: Da'wah in Islam: From East to West; 1. Da'wah in the East: The Expansion of Islam from the First to the Twelfth Century A.D.; 2. Da'wah in the West: The Arrival of Muslims in North America; II: Toward an Islamic Pietism; 3. External-Institutional Versus Internal-Personal: Fundamental Strategies of Religious Proselytization; 4. Hasan al-Banna' and Abul A'la MawdudT: Pioneers of Modern Islamic Pietism; 5. Khurram Murad: Contextualization of the Islamic Movement for the Western Audience; III: The Institutionalization of Da'wah in Western Societies

6. ""Paramosque"" Structures and Their Development 7. Paramosque Strategies and Methodologies; 8. Contemporary Apologetics: The Literature of Proselytization; IV: The Dynamics of Conversion to Islam; 9. Religious Conversion: The Traditional Western Paradigm; 10. Conversion to Islam; CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF DA'WAH IN THE WEST; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773968-7

1-280-44128-3

0-19-536107-5

1-4237-3691-5

OCLC:

191924697