Patrick D Bowen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4104543 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick D Bowen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick D |
| FAMILY NAME | Bowen |
| SIGNATURE | BOWEN P D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Denver |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1
A history of conversion to Islam in the United States
A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White American Muslims before 1975 is the first in-depth study of the thousands of white Americans who embraced Islam between 1800 and 1975. Drawing from little-known archives, interviews, and rare books and periodicals, Patrick D. Bowen unravels the complex social and religious factors that led to the emergence of a wide variety of American Muslim and Sufi conversion movements. Whi…
Satti Majid
This article examines the institutional accomplishments and intellectual influence of Satti Majid, a Sudanese Muslim missionary who was active in Muslim American affairs from World War I until 1929. It recovers the pivotal role played by Majid in establishing Islam as an organized American religion during the 1920s. In this decade, Majid established a number of Muslim social welfare societies, attempted to create one of the first national Sunni M…
U . S . L atina/o M uslims Since 1920
This article provides a historical overview of the development of the U . S . L atina/o M uslim community. U . S . L atina/os have been converting to Islam since the 1920s. Early converts were primarily found in A frican‐ A merican‐majority I slamic communities, though there were some others who entered I slam through ties to M uslim immigrants. In both cases, the U . S .'s racist social system had brought the two communities together. In N ew Y …
Islam and ‘Scientific Religion’ in the United States before 1935
This article examines the engagement of Islam by a certain family of religious movements, which I term ‘Scientific Religion’, that developed in the United States during the nineteenth century. Not only was Scientific Religion a religious matrix in which Islam was regularly portrayed in a positive light, but also more Scientific Religionists took on an Islamic identity than any other group of Muslim sympathizers. This was due to the fact that, unl…
The Search for “Islam”
Early U.S. Latina/o — African‐American Muslim Connections
Muslims in Colorado
In the US state of Colorado the Muslim population has grown ten-fold over the last half century. Consequently, the state has had to adjust from having little contact with non-Muslims to communicating with them on a regular basis. This article first presents the historical development of Colorado's Muslim community and the difficulties it has faced in the wake of recent world political events. The article then describes the growth of Colorado's in…
U . S . L atina/o M uslims Since 1920
This article provides a historical overview of the development of the U . S . L atina/o M uslim community. U . S . L atina/os have been converting to Islam since the 1920s. Early converts were primarily found in A frican‐ A merican‐majority I slamic communities, though there were some others who entered I slam through ties to M uslim immigrants. In both cases, the U . S .'s racist social system had brought the two communities together. In N ew Y …
The Search for “Islam”
Early U.S. Latina/o — African‐American Muslim Connections
Muslims in Colorado
In the US state of Colorado the Muslim population has grown ten-fold over the last half century. Consequently, the state has had to adjust from having little contact with non-Muslims to communicating with them on a regular basis. This article first presents the historical development of Colorado's Muslim community and the difficulties it has faced in the wake of recent world political events. The article then describes the growth of Colorado's in…
Early U.S. Latina/o — African‐American Muslim Connections
Islam and ‘Scientific Religion’ in the United States before 1935
This article examines the engagement of Islam by a certain family of religious movements, which I term ‘Scientific Religion’, that developed in the United States during the nineteenth century. Not only was Scientific Religion a religious matrix in which Islam was regularly portrayed in a positive light, but also more Scientific Religionists took on an Islamic identity than any other group of Muslim sympathizers. This was due to the fact that, unl…
The Search for “Islam”
Satti Majid
This article examines the institutional accomplishments and intellectual influence of Satti Majid, a Sudanese Muslim missionary who was active in Muslim American affairs from World War I until 1929. It recovers the pivotal role played by Majid in establishing Islam as an organized American religion during the 1920s. In this decade, Majid established a number of Muslim social welfare societies, attempted to create one of the first national Sunni M…
U . S . L atina/o M uslims Since 1920
This article provides a historical overview of the development of the U . S . L atina/o M uslim community. U . S . L atina/os have been converting to Islam since the 1920s. Early converts were primarily found in A frican‐ A merican‐majority I slamic communities, though there were some others who entered I slam through ties to M uslim immigrants. In both cases, the U . S .'s racist social system had brought the two communities together. In N ew Y …
A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1
A history of conversion to Islam in the United States
A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White American Muslims before 1975 is the first in-depth study of the thousands of white Americans who embraced Islam between 1800 and 1975. Drawing from little-known archives, interviews, and rare books and periodicals, Patrick D. Bowen unravels the complex social and religious factors that led to the emergence of a wide variety of American Muslim and Sufi conversion movements. Whi…
Islam (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Religious studies (5 works) · Religious Studies (5 works) · History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Education and Islamic Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)