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Author Bowen, Patrick D., author.

Title A history of conversion to Islam in the United States. Volume 1, White American Muslims before 1975 / by Patrick D. Bowen
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (404 pages)
Series Muslim minorities, 1570-7571 ; volume 18
Muslim minorities ; v. 18.
Contents Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1. The years 1800-1910 -- 1. From renegades to transcendentalists -- 2. The occult revival -- 3. The making of a Muslim missionary -- 4. Islamophilic masonry -- 5. The rise and fall of a brotherhood -- 6. The post-movement years -- Part 2. The years 1910-1974 -- 7. The non-orthodox transition -- 8. New bonds -- 9. Uniting Muslim communities -- 10. The post-war shift -- 11. Reorientation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White American Muslims before 1975 is the first in-depth study of the thousands of white Americans who embraced Islam between 1800 and 1975. Drawing from little-known archives, interviews, and rare books and periodicals, 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 converts - including Alexander Webb, Maryam Jameelah, and Samuel Lewis - have received attention in previous studies, White American Muslims 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."-- Publisher's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Muslim converts -- United States
Islam -- United States -- History
Muslims -- United States.
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
Islam
Muslim converts
Muslims
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004300699
9004300694
Other Titles White American Muslims before 1975