عنوان

Immigrant Muslim Mother's Experience in Teaching Islamic Religion and Spirituality to their American-Born Children

Number

TL48854

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Immigrant Muslim Mother's Experience in Teaching Islamic Religion and Spirituality to their American-Born Children

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Farhat Bari Chaudhry

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Natrajan-Tyagi, Rajeswari

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Alliant International University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

182

Text of Note

Committee members: Daneshpour, Manijeh; Jonathan, Naveen

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-85561-5

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Psy.D.

Discipline of degree

Irvine, CSPP

Body granting the degree

Alliant International University

Text preceding or following the note

2016

Text of Note

There have been many studies written about immigration to the United States. However, there appears to be an absence of empirical studies documenting how Muslim immigrant women who migrated to the United States experienced teaching Islam to their American-born Children. The purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of the experiences of mothers who grew up immersed in an Islamic environment in their country of origin and later migrated to the United States, and their journey as immigrant Muslim mothers living in the United States while teaching Islam to their American-born children. This study utilized a qualitative phenomenological approach to explore the experiences of immigrant Muslim mothers. 15 participants were interviewed using a semi-structured interview format in order to understand the participants' experiences of teaching Islam to their children. After the analyzes, three themes emerged, 1) Being true to faith, 2) sense of community, 3) Mothers' experiences of teaching their children Islam. All of the participants voiced the challenges of teaching Islam in the United States as being stressful and burdensome from the physical practicing of Islam to the influences that social interaction with non-Muslims might have on their children's Islamic beliefs. A common theme amongst all the mothers was being actively present in their children's lives and modeling the behaviors and lifestyle they desired to see in their children. These mothers assumed the role of being ambassadors for Islam in United States and chose the same path for their children in becoming admirable Muslim representatives of Islam. The participants also stressed the importance of the need for having strong family and community ties to provide a system of support that was essential because teaching Islam was seen as a collaborative effort

Religion; Social psychology; Individual & family studies

Subject Term

Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Psychology;Children and spirituality;Immigrant mothers;Mother/child relationship in islam;Muslim children;Religion and children;Teaching Islam

Moseley, Benjamin L.

Natrajan-Tyagi, Rajeswari

Subdivision

Irvine, CSPP

Alliant International University

Call Number

1809823652; 10127524

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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