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Bloomsbury Islam in America 2015 Edition by Jonathan Curiel
Islam is a hidden ingredient in the melting pot of America. Though there are between 2 and 8 million Muslims in the USA, Islam has traditionally had little political clout compared to other minority faiths. Nonetheless it is believed to be the country's fastest-growing religion, with a vibrant culture of theological debate, particularly regarding the role of women preachers. In Islam in America, Jonathan Curiel traces the story of America's Muslims from the seventeenth-century slave trade to the eighteenth-century immigration wave to the Nation of Islam. Drawing on interviews in communities from industrial Michigan to rural California, Curiel portrays the diversity of practices, cultures and observances that make up Muslim America. He profiles the leading personalities and institutions representing the community, and explores their relationship to the wider politics of America, particularly after 9/11. Islam in America offers an indispensable guide to the social life of modern Islam and the diversity of contemporary America. Table of contents :- Foreword by Malise Ruthven viiPreface: Islam's Growing Presence in America xv1 Slavery and the Struggle to Maintain Belief:American Islam, 1619-1865 12 'White Muslims' Change the Face of a Faith:American Islam, 1890-1910 133 Islam Becomes a Religion of the Nation: AmericanIslam, 1920-1965 224 Islam Establishes an Identity Far Beyond theMosque: American Islam, 1965-2010 365 The Shock of 9/11: Crisis and Confidence forMuslim-Americans 506 The Diversity of American Muslims: A Religious,Ethnic, and Cultural Profile 637 Who's Who in Muslim America 828 Gender and Religion: How 'Feminist Islam' HasTaken Root and Flourished in America9 In Politics, Muslim-Americans Progress One Stepat a Time 11810 Conflicts and Co-Existence: The American Dreamin the Twenty-First Century 130Notes 161Select Bibliography 178Index 179