Becoming Muslim : Western women's conversions to Islam

Becoming Muslim : Western women's conversions to Islam / Anna Mansson McGinty.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mansson McGinty, Anna
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Edition:1st Palgrave Macmillan pbk. ed.
Series:Culture, mind, and society
Subjects:
Muslim converts from Christianity > Europe.
Muslim women > Europe > Social conditions.
Women in Islam > Europe.
Sex role > Religious aspects > Islam.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • pt. 1. The individual conversion
  • ch. 1. Conversion and identity formation
  • ch. 2. A step toward the unknown
  • ch. 3. The conversion narrative
  • pt. 2 Personal worlds
  • ch. 4. Personal models of spirituality and social conscience
  • ch. 5. Personal models of gender
  • ch. 5. The veil and alternative femininities
  • pt. 3. Encounters
  • ch. 7. Looping effects of meaning
  • ch. 8. Family, work, sisterhood
  • ch. 9. Personal versions of Islam.

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