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Author: Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad ,
Jane I. Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 18.10cm
, Height: 4.30cm
, Length: 25.50cm
Weight: 1.038kg
ISBN: 9780199862634
ISBN 10: 019986263
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 12 February 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
an invaluable multivocal guide to contemporary Islam in the US ... All essays include up-to-date bibliographies and references and offer clear reviews of major personalities, events, ideas, and studies, providing rich conceptual frameworks, useful overviews, and starting points for those seeking deeper understanding or starting research projects. S. Ward, CHOICE The Oxford Handbook of American Islam supplies an auspicious reservoir of reflection by scholars and activists who call into question patriarchal assumptions and dubious polarizations of America with Islam or Muslims. Benjamin B. DeVan, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
an invaluable multivocal guide to contemporary Islam in the US ... All essays include up-to-date bibliographies and references and offer clear reviews of major personalities, events, ideas, and studies, providing rich conceptual frameworks, useful overviews, and starting points for those seeking deeper understanding or starting research projects. S. Ward, CHOICE The Oxford Handbook of American Islam supplies an auspicious reservoir of reflection by scholars and activists who call into question patriarchal assumptions and dubious polarizations of America with Islam or Muslims. Benjamin B. DeVan, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations This is an essential purchase for any Islamic studies, religious studies or political science collection. Lisa Miller, Reference Reviews This handbook covers comprehensively the growth of Islam and the Muslim community Muslim World Book Review
an invaluable multivocal guide to contemporary Islam in the US ... All essays include up-to-date bibliographies and references and offer clear reviews of major personalities, events, ideas, and studies, providing rich conceptual frameworks, useful overviews, and starting points for those seeking deeper understanding or starting research projects. S. Ward, CHOICE
Author Information
Yvonne Y. Haddad is Professor of History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Georgetown University. She is the past president of the Middle East Studies Association and the American Academy of Religion, New England Region. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award for Outstanding Achievement and Distinction in Service to the Profession from the Boston University School of Theology (2007) and Scholar of the Year from the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion (2002). Her extensive publications include Not Quite American? and Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History. Jane I. Smith retired in 2012 as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Harvard Divinity School. Currently she is Professor Emerita at Hartford Seminary. She is the author of a number of books on such topics as Islam in America, Christian-Muslim dialogue, women in Islam, American Muslims and education, and minority Muslim communities in America.
