Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to American Islam
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to American Islam
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Note on Transliteration
- Glossary
- Introduction:American Islam, Muslim Americans, and the American Experiment
- 1The Study of American Muslims:
- 2African Muslim Slaves and Islam in Antebellum America
- 3Laying the Groundwork for American Muslim Histories: 1865–1965
- 4American Muslims in the Contemporary World:
- 5Converts and Conversions
- 6Demographics, Political Participation, and Representation
- 7American Muslims and the Media
- 8Muslims in the American Legal System
- 9Religious Pluralism, Secularism, and Interfaith Endeavors
- 10Organizing Communities:
- 11Negotiating Boundaries:
- 12Religious Normativity and Praxis among American Muslims
- 13Muslim Spaces and Mosque Architecture
- 14Islamic Education in the United States:
- 15Muslim Public Intellectuals and Global Muslim Thought
- 16Cultural and Literary Production of Muslim America
- 17Muslim Youth Cultures
- 18Sexual Identity, Marriage, and Family
- 19Studying American Muslim Women:
- Index
2 - African Muslim Slaves and Islam in Antebellum America
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2013
- Juliane Hammer
- Affiliation:University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Omid Safi
- Affiliation:University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- The Cambridge Companion to American Islam
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to American Islam
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Note on Transliteration
- Glossary
- Introduction:American Islam, Muslim Americans, and the American Experiment
- 1The Study of American Muslims:
- 2African Muslim Slaves and Islam in Antebellum America
- 3Laying the Groundwork for American Muslim Histories: 1865–1965
- 4American Muslims in the Contemporary World:
- 5Converts and Conversions
- 6Demographics, Political Participation, and Representation
- 7American Muslims and the Media
- 8Muslims in the American Legal System
- 9Religious Pluralism, Secularism, and Interfaith Endeavors
- 10Organizing Communities:
- 11Negotiating Boundaries:
- 12Religious Normativity and Praxis among American Muslims
- 13Muslim Spaces and Mosque Architecture
- 14Islamic Education in the United States:
- 15Muslim Public Intellectuals and Global Muslim Thought
- 16Cultural and Literary Production of Muslim America
- 17Muslim Youth Cultures
- 18Sexual Identity, Marriage, and Family
- 19Studying American Muslim Women:
- Index
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- The Cambridge Companion to American Islam , pp. 28 - 44Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013