| Description |
x, 249 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Religion in America series |
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Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
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| 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 |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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 -- 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Islam -- United States.
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Muslims -- United States.
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Acculturatie
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Islamieten
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71.37 ethnic groups. (NL-LeOCL)077597206
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Islam. (OCoLC)fst00979776
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Muslims. (OCoLC)fst01031029
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Aufsatzsammlung (DE-588)4143413-4
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Nordamerika (DE-588)4042483-2
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Islamieten.
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Acculturatie.
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Muslim.
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| Indexed Term |
Islam |
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United States |
| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Kongress (Amherst, Mass., 1989)
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| Added Author |
Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, 1935-
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University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Department of History.
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University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Near East Area Studies Program.
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University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Arabic Club.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Muslims of America. New York : Oxford University Press, 1991 (OCoLC)645808234 |
| ISBN |
0195067282 (alk. paper) |
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9780195067286 (alk. paper) |
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0195085590 |
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9780195085594 |
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