Title:
The Oxford handbook of American Islam / edited by Yvonne Y. Haddad and Jane I. Smith.
Author:
Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, 1935-
Smith, Jane I.
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Call Number:
BP67.U6 O94 2014
Abstract:
Islam has been part of the increasingly complex American religious scene for well over a century, and was brought into more dramatic focus by the attacks of September 11, 2001. American Islam is practiced by a unique blend of immigrants and American-born Muslims. The immigrants have come from all corners of the world; they include rich and poor, well-educated and illiterate, those from upper and lower classes as well as economic and political refugees. The community's diversity has been enhanced by the conversion of African Americans, Latina/os, and others, making it the most heterogeneous Muslim community in the world. With an up-to-the-minute analysis by thirty of the top scholars in the field, this handbook covers the growth of Islam in America from the earliest Muslims to set foot on American soil to the current wave of Islamophobia. Topics covered include the development of African American Islam; pre- and post-WWII immigrants; Sunni, Shìite, sectarian and Sufi movements in America; the role and status of women, marriage, and family; and the Americanization of Islamic culture. Throughout these chapters the contributors explore the meaning of religious identity in the context of race, ethnicity, gender, and politics, both within the American Islamic community and in relation to international Islam.
ISBN:
9780199862634
Series:
Oxford handbooks
Oxford handbooks.
Physical Description:
xii, 560 pages ; 26 cm
Contents:
The first stirrings of Islam in America / Sylviane A. Diouf -- Muslim immigration to America / Randa Serhan -- Imams and chaplains as American religious professionals / Timur Yuskaev and Harvey Stark -- Islamic organizations in the United States / Jocelyne Cesari -- African American Muslims / Caroline Moxley Rouse -- The twelver Shiʻis in America / Liyakat Takim -- Sufi movements in America / Marcia Hermansen -- Muslim minority groups in American Islam / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Jane Smith -- Practicing Islam in the United States / Muzammil Siddiqi -- Shariʻa and fiqh in the United States / Asma Afsaruddin -- Muslim women in the United States / Kathleen M. Moore -- Marriage in American Muslim communities / Juliane Hammer -- Mosques in the united States / Ihsan Bagby -- Developments in Islamic education in the United States / Susan l. Douglass -- American Muslim youth movements / Rabia Kamal -- Daʻwa in the United States / Kathleen M. Moore -- Islam in American prisons / Susan van Baalen -- Volunteerism among American immigrant Muslims / Altaf Husain -- Muslim Americans and the political system / Abdulkader H. Sinno -- The intellectual contributions of American Muslim scholars / Sara J. Chehab and Marvin R. Whitaker, Jr -- Muslim-Christian relations in the United States / Peter Makari -- American Muslims in the age of new media / Nadia Khan -- Muslim artists in America / Munir Jiwa -- American mosque architecture / Akel Kahera -- Islamic dress and fashion in the United States / Rabia Kamal -- Health and medicine among American Muslims / Lance D. Laird -- Muslims in film and Muslim filmmaking in the United States / Hussein Rashid -- American Muslims and global Islam / Peter Mandaville -- The War on Terror and its effects on American Muslims / Charles Kimball -- Islamophobia and anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States / Peter Gottschalk.
