Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 283 g
Reihe: Culture, Mind, and Society
Western Women's Conversions to Islam
Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 283 g
Reihe: Culture, Mind, and Society
ISBN: 978-0-230-61668-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
While Islam has become a controversial topic in the West, a growing number of Westerners find powerful meaning in Islam. Becoming Muslim is an ethnographic study based on in-depth interviews with Swedish and American women who have converted to Islam.
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PART I: THE INDIVIDUAL CONVERSION Conversion and Transformation of Identity A Step Toward the Unknown The Conversion Narrative PART II: PERSONAL WORLDS Personal Models of Spirituality and Social Conscience Personal Models of Gender and Alternative Femininities PART III: ENCOUNTERS Looping Effects of Meaning Family, Work, Sisterhood Personal Versions of Islam




