Journey into America : The Challege of Islam.

By: Ahmed, AkbarMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Washington : Brookings Institution Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (546 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780815704409Subject(s): Cultural pluralism in Islam -- United States | Islam and civil society -- United States | Islam and culture -- United States | Muslims -- Cultural assimilation -- United States | Muslims -- United States -- Ethnic identity | Muslims -- United States -- Social conditions | United States -- Religious life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Journey into America : The Challege of IslamDDC classification: 305.6/97073 LOC classification: E184.M88 -- A39 2010ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Front Cover -- Praise for Journey into America -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Muslim Odyssey -- Part One: American Identity -- Chapter 2: Defining American Identity -- Chapter 3: Searching for American Identity -- Part Two: Islam in America -- Chapter 4: African Americans as First Muslims -- Chapter 5: Immigrant Muslims: Living the American Dream/American Nightmare -- Chapter 6: Muslim Converts: Shame and Honor in a Time of Excess -- Part Three: Adjusting and Adapting -- Chapter 7: Jews and Muslims: Bridging a Great Divide -- Chapter 8: Mormons and Muslims: Getting to Know You -- Chapter 9: The Importance of Being America -- Appendix: Personal Reflections on the Fieldwork -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Back Cover.
Summary: In 2007, the Brookings Institution Press published Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization. In that critically acclaimed book, Akbar Ahmed led a group of U.S. university students on a listening tour of the Islamic world, seeking to understand the experiences and perceptions of ordinary Muslims and their attitudes toward the West. Ahmed follows up that classic analysis with Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam, a fascinating travelogue that presents a thoughtful and reflective examination of American identity, the Muslim experience in America, and how each has affected the other.In Journey into America, Ahmed and his cohorts travel throughout the United States, much as they traveled through the Middle East and South Asia for the previous book.They speak to ordinary citizens, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, trying to discern exactly what is American identity? How do Muslims fit into that picture, and how has the U.S. Muslim experience changed over the years, particularly in the wake of September 11? And how is the picture changing today? Ahmed paints a mixed picture but still sees the largely pluralist society hopefully anticipated by Thomas Jefferson.
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Front Cover -- Praise for Journey into America -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Muslim Odyssey -- Part One: American Identity -- Chapter 2: Defining American Identity -- Chapter 3: Searching for American Identity -- Part Two: Islam in America -- Chapter 4: African Americans as First Muslims -- Chapter 5: Immigrant Muslims: Living the American Dream/American Nightmare -- Chapter 6: Muslim Converts: Shame and Honor in a Time of Excess -- Part Three: Adjusting and Adapting -- Chapter 7: Jews and Muslims: Bridging a Great Divide -- Chapter 8: Mormons and Muslims: Getting to Know You -- Chapter 9: The Importance of Being America -- Appendix: Personal Reflections on the Fieldwork -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Back Cover.

In 2007, the Brookings Institution Press published Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization. In that critically acclaimed book, Akbar Ahmed led a group of U.S. university students on a listening tour of the Islamic world, seeking to understand the experiences and perceptions of ordinary Muslims and their attitudes toward the West. Ahmed follows up that classic analysis with Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam, a fascinating travelogue that presents a thoughtful and reflective examination of American identity, the Muslim experience in America, and how each has affected the other.In Journey into America, Ahmed and his cohorts travel throughout the United States, much as they traveled through the Middle East and South Asia for the previous book.They speak to ordinary citizens, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, trying to discern exactly what is American identity? How do Muslims fit into that picture, and how has the U.S. Muslim experience changed over the years, particularly in the wake of September 11? And how is the picture changing today? Ahmed paints a mixed picture but still sees the largely pluralist society hopefully anticipated by Thomas Jefferson.

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