Women Embracing Islam: Gender and Conversion in the West

by Karin van Nieuwkerk

Book Overview

Many Westerners view Islam as a religion that restricts and subordinates women in both private and public life. Yet a surprising number of women in Western Europe and America are converting to Islam. What attracts these women to a belief system that is markedly different from both Western Christianity and Western secularism? What benefits do they gain by converting, and what are the costs? How do Western women converts live their new Islamic faith,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292713029
• ISBN13: 9780292713024
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"