A History of Islam in America by
Traces the history of Muslims in the United States and their different waves of immigration and conversion across five centuries, through colonial and antebellum America, through world wars and civil rights struggles, to the contemporary era.
Islam: An American Religion (Online) by
Investigates how Islam has become so contentious in American politics. Argues that public controversies over Islam in the United States primarily reflect the American public's profound divisions and ambivalence toward freedom of speech and the legitimacy of liberal secular democracy.
The Cambridge Companion to American Islam (Online) by
Offers a scholarly overview of the state of research on American Muslims and American Islam. Includes the creative ways in which American Muslims have responded to the myriad serious challenges that they have faced and continue to face in the United States.
The Columbia Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States by
Presents a patchwork narrative of Muslims from different ethnic and class backgrounds, religious orientations, and political affiliations. Begins with a history of Muslims in the United States, followed with an examination of such contemporary issues as Islam and gender, the involvement of Muslims in American politics, and emerging forms of Islamic spirituality.
Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States (Online) by
An A-to-Z encyclopedia that helps readers get a fast grip on pertinent holidays, terms, beliefs, practices, notables, and sects of the Islamic faith and Muslim practitioners in the United States.
The Oxford Handbook of American Islam (Online) by
A reference work that explores the meaning of religious identity in the context of race, ethnicity, gender, and politics, both within the American Islamic community and in relation to international Islam.
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