This study is a review of five sectarian movements in the 100-year history of Muslim religious development in the US. The groups are: the Druze, the Ahmadiyya Community of North America, the Moorish Science Temple of America, the Ansar Allah Community, and the United Submitters International.
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Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Produkt-Hinweis
Broschur/Paperback
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Illustrationen
notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 227 mm
Breite: 153 mm
Dicke: 19 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-8130-1217-9 (9780813012179)
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Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad is professor of Islamic history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is associate editor of the
Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, author of
Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History, and coeditor of
The Muslims of America.
Jane Idleman Smith is professor of history of religions and vice-president and dean of academic affairs at Iliff School of Theology, Denver. She is the author of The Concept "Islam" in the History of Our'anic Exegesis and the editor of Women in Contemporary Muslim Society. The two are coauthors of The Islamic Understanding of Death and Resurrection.
