Muslim prayer in American public life / Rose Aslan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aslan, Rose, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--United States.

Islam.

Prayer--Islam.

Prayer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Muslims are required by their faith to perform prayers five times a day, preceded by a cleansing ritual and followed by physical prostrations facing Mecca. In a society not always understanding or accepting of these practices, how do Muslims navigate this ritualistic obligation? In this book, Rose Aslan seeks to answer this question and explores the complexities of maintaining devout Islamic rituals in post-9/11 America.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Introducing the Poetics and Polemics of Muslim Prayer in the United States

Pressure to Conform and the Trouble With Public Prayer

How Muslims Pray

Reclaiming Public Space

Praying in Fear

Learning to Pray

Spiritual Approaches to Prayer

2 Surveying Muslim Prayer in American Public Life

Prayer in Non-Muslim American Public Life

Toward a Deeper Examination of Prayer Practices of US Muslims

"I Struggle With Prayer"

US Muslims in Defense of Prayer

Islamic Prayer and American Islamophobia

3 Islamic Prayer in Mainstream US Television and Film

Scholarly Research On Hollywood

"War On Terror" Depictions of Prayer

Homeland: A Case Study in Islamic Prayer

Islamic Prayer in Historical Dramas

Islamic Prayer in Popular TV Shows

4 US Muslims' Creative Approaches to Prayer On the Big and Small Screen

Muslim Prayer On Social Media

Select Examples of Muslim-Produced Films and TV Shows

5 Prayer and Religious Accommodations in Schools, Universities, and the Workplace

Recent Survey Data

Public Schools and Prayer

Praying at American Universities

Creating "Reflection" Rooms for All at Public Universities

UC Santa Cruz: The Challenge of Opening Prayer Rooms in State Institutions

Examining Differing Levels of University Accommodations at Nonsectarian Private Universities

Prayer in the Workplace

The 1964 Civil Rights Act

Recent Cases Involving Immigrants of East African Origin

6 Religious Leaders and Prescriptions Around Muslim Prayer Practices

Muslim Scholars Debate Prayer in the West

Premodern Approaches to Modern Contexts

Tradition Before Context

Renewalist Approaches to Prayer

Theoretical Versus Applied Islamic Ritual Practice.

7 Prayer as Protest and Protest as Prayer

Prayer as Protest in the American Context

Muslim Public Prayers as Protest Around the World

Interfaith Public Prayers: A New Normal

Praying at the US-Mexico Border

Praying at Protests and Prayer as Protest

The Black Lives Matter Movement

Praying in the Nation's Capital

Confronting New Challenges Into the Future

8 New Realities of Lived Experiences of Muslim Public Prayer

Prayer as an Embodied Practice

Praying Online During COVID: Debates and Discussions

Getting Real About Prayer

Assessing the Significance of Prayer Among US Muslims

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 10, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-007923-1

0-19-007925-8

OCLC:

1433302902