Becoming Muslim : Western women's conversions to Islam /

Mansson McGinty, Anna,

Becoming Muslim : Western women's conversions to Islam / [print] Anna Mansson McGinty. - first edition. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, (c)2006. - 208 pages ; 22 cm.



Acknowledgments -- individual conversion -- Conversion and identity formation -- step toward the unknown -- conversion narrative -- Personal worlds -- Personal models of spirituality and social conscience -- Personal models of gender -- veil and alternative femininities -- Encounters -- Looping effects of meaning -- Family, work, sisterhood -- Personal versions of Islam -- Notes -- References -- Index.



9781403976116

2006042962

GBA677334 bnb

013548078 Uk


Muslim converts from Christianity--Europe.
Muslim women--Social conditions.--Europe
Women in Islam--Europe.
Sex role--Religious aspects--Islam.

BP170 BP170.M289.B436 2006