| Description |
1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-211) and index. |
| Contents |
INTRODUCTION; I: Da'wah in Islam: From East to West; 1. Da'wah in the East: The Expansion of Islam from the First to the Twelfth Century A.D.; 2. Da'wah in the West: The Arrival of Muslims in North America; II: Toward an Islamic Pietism; 3. External-Institutional Versus Internal-Personal: Fundamental Strategies of Religious Proselytization; 4. Hasan al-Banna' and Abul A'la MawdudT: Pioneers of Modern Islamic Pietism; 5. Khurram Murad: Contextualization of the Islamic Movement for the Western Audience; III: The Institutionalization of Da'wah in Western Societies. |
| Summary |
An examination of Islamic evangelism, or da'wah, as it has been interpreted and practiced by Muslims in the West. Beginning with a history of Islamic expansionism, the author traces the concept of da'wah from the earliest followers of Islam to new missionary strategies in North America. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Islam -- Missions -- United States.
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Islam -- Missions. |
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United States. |
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Muslim converts -- United States.
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Muslim converts. |
| Indexed Term |
Islam Evangelism |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Poston, Larry. Islamic daʻwah in the West. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992 (DLC) 91019400 |
| ISBN |
0195072278 (alkaline paper) |
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9780195072273 (alkaline paper) |
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1423736915 (electronic book) |
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9781423736912 (electronic book) |
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0195361075 |
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9780195361070 |
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1280441283 |
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9781280441288 |
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