A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White American Muslims Before 1975 (Muslim Minorities)

A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White American Muslims before 1975 is the first in-depth study of the thousands of white Americans who embraced Islam between 1800 and 1975. Drawing from little-known archives, interviews, and rare books and periodicals, Patrick D. Bowen unravels the complex social and religious factors that led to the emergence of a wide variety of American Muslim and Sufi conversion movements. While some of the more prominent Muslim and Sufi converts—including Alexander Webb, Maryam Jameelah, and Samuel Lewis—have received attention in previous studies, White American Muslims before 1975 is the first book to highlight previously unknown but important figures, including Thomas M. Johnson, Louis Glick, Nadirah Osman, and T.B. Irving. Biographical note Patrick D. Bowen, Ph.D. (2013), University of Denver-Iliff School of Theology Joint Ph.D. Program, is the author of over a dozen articles and book chapters on the history of non-Christian religious communities in the United States. Readership Academic libraries, specialists, practitioners, and educated laymen interested in conversion to Islam, Islam in the United States, and modern Sufism. Libraries and specialists interested in American religion and modern esotericism. Reviews "A good book, recommended." Mark Sedgwick, 25 August 2015 "A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White American Muslims before 1975 is the first in-depth study of the thousands of white Americans who embraced Islam between 1800 and 1975. Drawing from little-known archives, interviews, and rare books and periodicals, Patrick D. Bowen unravels the complex social and religious factors that led to the emergence of a wide variety of American Muslim and Sufi conversion movements. While some of the more prominent Muslim and Sufi converts--including Alexander Webb, Maryam Jameelah, and Samuel Lewis--have received attention in previous studies, White American Muslims before 1975 is the first book to highlight previously unknown but important figures, including Thomas M. Johnson, Louis Glick, Nadirah Osman, and T.B. Irving." -- Provided by publisher "A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White American Muslims before 1975 is the first in-depth study of the thousands of white Americans who embraced Islam between 1800 and 1975. Drawing from little-known archives, interviews, and rare books and periodicals, Patrick D. Bowen unravels the complex social and religious factors that led to the emergence of a wide variety of American Muslim and Sufi conversion movements. While some of the more prominent Muslim and Sufi converts - including Alexander Webb, Maryam Jameelah, and Samuel Lewis - have received attention in previous studies, White American Muslims before 1975 is the first book to highlight previously unknown but important figures, including Thomas M. Johnson, Louis Glick, Nadirah Osman, and T.B. Irving."-- Publisher's website A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White American Muslims before 1975 3 Copyright 4 Dedication 5 Contents 7 Acknowledgements 9 List of Abbreviations 10 Introduction 11 PART 1: The Years 1800–1910 35 1: From Renegades to Transcendentalists 37 2: The Occult Revival 61 3: The Makings of a Muslim Missionary 98 4: Islamophilic Masonry 125 5: The Rise and Fall of a Brotherhood 149 6: The Post-Movement Years 170 PART 2: The Years 1910–1974 211 7: The Non-Orthodox Transition 213 8: New Bonds 241 9: Uniting Muslim Communities 270 10: The Postwar Shift 300 11: Reorientation 332 Conclusion 371 Bibliography 375 Index 406 Table of contents Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I 1. From Renegades to Transcendentalists 2. The Occult Revival 3. The Makings of a Muslim Missionary 4. Islamophilic Masonry 5. The Rise and Fall of a Brotherhood 6. The Post-Movement Years Part II 7. The Non-Orthodox Transition 8. New Bonds 9. Uniting Muslim Communities 10. The Postwar Shift 11. Reorientation Conclusion Bibliography Index In A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White American Muslims before 1975, Patrick D. Bowen offers an account of white Muslims and Sufis and the movements they produced between 1800 and 1975 Volume 1 White American Muslims Before 1975. Volume 2 The African American Islamic Renaissance, 1920-1975. By Patrick D. Bowen. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 365-395) And Index.