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A history of conversion to Islam in the United States. Volume 1, White American Muslims before 1975 / by Patrick D. Bowen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowen, Patrick D., author.
- Series:
- Muslim minorities ; v. 18.
- Muslim minorities ; volume 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslim converts--United States.
- Muslim converts.
- Islam--United States--History.
- Islam.
- Muslims--United States.
- Muslims.
- White people.
- Religion.
- History.
- United States.
- White people--United States--Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- White American Muslims before 1975
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White Wmerican Muslims before 1975 is the first in-depth study of the thousands of white American who embraced Islam between 1800 and 1975. Drawing from little-known archives interviews, and rate books and periodical. Patrick D. Bowen unravels the complex social and religious factors that led to the emergence of a wide variety of American Muslim and Sufi conversion movements. While some of the more prominent Muslim and Sufi coverts-including Alexander Webb, Maryan Hameelah and Samuel Lewis-have received attention in previous studies White American Muslim before 1975 is the first book to highlight previously unknown but important figures, including Thomas M. Johnson Louis Glick Nadirah Osman, and T.B. Irving. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Years 1800-1910
- 1 From Renegades to Transcendentalists 27
- 2 The Occult Revival 51
- 3 The Makings of a Muslim Missionary 88
- 4 Islamophilic Masonry 115
- 5 The Rise and Fall of a Brotherhood 139
- 6 The Post-Movement Years 160
- Part 2 The Years 1910-1974
- 7 The Non-Orthodox Transition 203
- 8 New Bonds 231
- 9 Uniting Muslim Communities 260
- 10 The Postwar Shift 290
- 11 Reorientation 322.
- Notes:
- Print version cataloged as a monographic set by the Library of Congress.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 23, 2015).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bowen, Patrick D. History of conversion to islam in the united states
- ISBN:
- 9789004300699
- 9004300694
- Publisher Number:
- 99986651871
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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