Larry Poston
Biographic Data
| ID | 3894612 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Larry Poston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Larry |
| FAMILY NAME | Poston |
| SIGNATURE | POSTON L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nyack College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Not Going Gentle Into That Good Night
For millennia, religions have provided rituals bringing comfort in the face of death. Modern science, however, is developing new means for dealing with this phenomenon. Controversial issues include: how to ascertain “death,” particularly in light of “premature burials”; religious questions regarding the morality of embalming; religious questions regarding the desirability of burial versus cremation; and extending life in attempts to achieve immor…
The Second Coming of ‘Isa
Femininity Versus Feminism
This essay shows how the concept of womanhood undergoes atransformation in the minds of some western females who convert tothe Muslim faith. With respect to the role of women in Islam, threedifferent groups may be distinguished: “outsiders looking in,” “insiderslooking out;” and “converts to Islam looking around and back.” Withinthe f i i t category, a majority see Islam in terms of oppression andservitude, although for a smaller group the faith …
"Islam as "The Middle Path
This article describes an observable pattern in Western converts' journeyto Islam. It shows how at an early stage in their life, manyWesterners are disenchanted with their religion, Christianity orJudaism, and proceed to explore radical alternatives including new agereligion, eastern religions and even various cults. Their search for spiritualand religious identity is usually not satiated by these alternativesand so they gradually gravitate towar…
Islamic Da'wah in the West
Islamic Da‘wah in the West
Larry Poston explores the reality of da'wah - Islamic evangelism, or the `call' to Islam - as it has been interpreted and practised by Muslims in the West. Beginning with a brief examination of the expansion of Islam during its early centuries, Poston looks at the concept of da'wah as understood by the earliest followers of Muhammad. He shows how this early paradigm has been adapted to the demands of the Western context, and goes on to discuss th…
The Future of Da’wah in North America
In recent years, the subject of dawah has become a topic of considerableinterest among Muslims in North America. A plethora of articles and bookshave appeared, both in English and Arabic, that deal with this subject froma variety of angles? Western writers, both scholarly and popular, have notedthe steady increase in the number of converts to the Muslim faith. An articlein the Wall Street Jouml proclaims in its headline that “Islam is GrowingFast…
Becoming a Muslim in the Christian West
(1991). Becoming a Muslim in the Christian West: a profile of conversion to a minority religion. Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs. Journal: Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 159-169
Islamic Da'wah in the West
The Second Coming of ‘Isa
Becoming a Muslim in the Christian West
(1991). Becoming a Muslim in the Christian West: a profile of conversion to a minority religion. Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs. Journal: Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 159-169
The Future of Da’wah in North America
In recent years, the subject of dawah has become a topic of considerableinterest among Muslims in North America. A plethora of articles and bookshave appeared, both in English and Arabic, that deal with this subject froma variety of angles? Western writers, both scholarly and popular, have notedthe steady increase in the number of converts to the Muslim faith. An articlein the Wall Street Jouml proclaims in its headline that “Islam is GrowingFast…
Becoming a Muslim in the Christian West
(1991). Becoming a Muslim in the Christian West: a profile of conversion to a minority religion. Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs. Journal: Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 159-169
Islamic Da‘wah in the West
Larry Poston explores the reality of da'wah - Islamic evangelism, or the `call' to Islam - as it has been interpreted and practised by Muslims in the West. Beginning with a brief examination of the expansion of Islam during its early centuries, Poston looks at the concept of da'wah as understood by the earliest followers of Muhammad. He shows how this early paradigm has been adapted to the demands of the Western context, and goes on to discuss th…
Islamic Da'wah in the West
"Islam as "The Middle Path
This article describes an observable pattern in Western converts' journeyto Islam. It shows how at an early stage in their life, manyWesterners are disenchanted with their religion, Christianity orJudaism, and proceed to explore radical alternatives including new agereligion, eastern religions and even various cults. Their search for spiritualand religious identity is usually not satiated by these alternativesand so they gradually gravitate towar…
Femininity Versus Feminism
This essay shows how the concept of womanhood undergoes atransformation in the minds of some western females who convert tothe Muslim faith. With respect to the role of women in Islam, threedifferent groups may be distinguished: “outsiders looking in,” “insiderslooking out;” and “converts to Islam looking around and back.” Withinthe f i i t category, a majority see Islam in terms of oppression andservitude, although for a smaller group the faith …
The Second Coming of ‘Isa
Not Going Gentle Into That Good Night
For millennia, religions have provided rituals bringing comfort in the face of death. Modern science, however, is developing new means for dealing with this phenomenon. Controversial issues include: how to ascertain “death,” particularly in light of “premature burials”; religious questions regarding the morality of embalming; religious questions regarding the desirability of burial versus cremation; and extending life in attempts to achieve immor…
Islam (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Theology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Islamic Studies and History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Religious studies (5 works) · Education and Islamic Studies (4 works)