Bowen, Patrick D.

A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1 : White American Muslims Before 1975. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (414 pages) - Muslim Minorities Series ; v.18 . - Muslim Minorities Series .

Intro -- A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White American Muslims before 1975 -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART 1: The Years 1800-1910 -- 1: From Renegades to Transcendentalists -- 2: The Occult Revival -- 3: The Makings 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 Postwar Shift -- 11: Reorientation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

In A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White American Muslims before 1975, Patrick D. Bowen offers an account of white Muslims and Sufis and the movements they produced between 1800 and 1975.

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Muslim converts--United States.
Islam--United States--History.
Muslims--United States.


Electronic books.

BP170.5.B68 2015

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