Introduction. Gender and Conversion to Islam in the West

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Foreword. Conversion and Gender, Two Contested Concepts ix
5. Introduction. Gender and Conversion to Islam in the West 1
6. Part one. Contextualizing Conversion
7. Chapter 1. The Quest for Peace in Submission 17
8. Chapter 2. The Shaping of a Scandinavian “Islam” 48
9. Chapter 3. Symbolizing Distance 71
10. Part two. Discourses and Narratives
11. Chapter 4. Gender, Conversion, and Islam 93
12. Chapter 5. The Shifting Significance of the Halal/Haram Frontier 120
13. Part three. Trajectories and Paradigms
14. Chapter 6. Female Conversion to Islam 151
15. Chapter 7. African American Islam as an Expression of Converts’ Religious Faith and Nationalist Dreams and Ambitions 172
16. Chapter 8. Feminism and Conversion 192
17. Part four. Transmission and Identity
18. Chapter 9. How Deborah Became Aisha 231
19. Chapter 10. Keeping the Faith 250
20. Notes on Contributors 276
21. Index 281