The Muslims of America / edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad.
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. |
| Description | x, 249 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, 1935- |
| Other author/creator | University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Department of History. |
| Other author/creator | University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Near East Area Studies Program. |
| Other author/creator | University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Arabic Club. |
| Series | Religion in America series (Oxford University Press) Religion in America series (Oxford University Press) ^A246220 |
| Contents | Introduction : the Muslims of America / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- Muslim organizations in the United States / Gutbi Mahdi Ahmed -- Estimate of Muslims living in America / Carol L. Stone -- Perspectives of the American churches on Islam and the Muslim community in North America / Byron L. Haines -- The Muslim as the "other" : representation and self-image of the Muslims in America / Abubaker al-Shingiety -- Ismail R. al-Faruqi : Muslim scholar-activist / John L. Esposito -- Seyyed Hossein Nasr : defender of the sacred and Islamic traditionalism / Jane I. Smith -- The legacy of Fazlur Rahman / Frederick M. Denny -- Political activity of Muslims in America / Steven A. Johnson -- Daẁah in the West / Larry A. Poston. |
| Contents | Muslims in prison : claims to constitutional protection of religious liberty / Kathleen Moore -- Islamic education in the United States and Canada : conception and practice of the Islamic belief system / Nimat Hafez Barazangi -- African-American Muslim women / Beverly Thomas McCloud -- Two-way acculturation : Muslim women in America between individual choice (liminality) and community affiliation (communitas) / Marcia K. Hermansen -- Islamic issues for Muslims in the United States / John O. Voll -- American foreign policy in the Middle East and its impact on the identity of Arab Muslims in the United States / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- Convergence and divergence in an emergent community : a study of challenges facing U.S. Muslims / Sulayman S. Nyang. |
| General note | Papers presented at a conference held on the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts, April 1989 and sponsored by the Dept. of History, the Near East Area Studies Program, and the Arabic Club of the university. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 90044510 |
| ISBN | 0195067282 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | BP67.U6 M87 1991 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |