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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-73380-8
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Religious Studies
Body granting the degree
University of California, Santa Barbara
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2017
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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American Muslims are diverse in many ways, but is it appropriate to imagine American Muslims as one community, or are there really several different communities of American Muslims? If there are several, are there senses in which the social and aesthetic expressions of such communities could be referred to as "American Islam"? What follows is a multifaceted approach to answering these questions. This dissertation demonstrates that several distinct communities of American Muslims can be identified, and introduces one of these communities, which I refer to as the "Neotraditional" Muslim community, in detail.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Religion; Islamic Studies; Sociology
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Subject Term
Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Aesthetics;Islam in America;Modernity;Muslim networks;Traditional Islam;Traditionalism