The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam in North America

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam in North America

There is currently tremendous interest in Islam in North America, among both scholars and the general public. While there is a growing body of scholarly literature, there are comparatively few resources that focus on Islam as a North American religious tradition. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam in North America will fill this gap by providing in-depth scholarly articles on key topics in the study of Islam in the United States and Canada, as well as in Mexico and the Caribbean  areas of growing scholarly interest. All of the articles appear online as part of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion.

Volume Editor

 Amir Hussain, Loyola Marymount University

Associate Editors

 Melanie Adrian, Carleton University

 Kathleen M. Moore, University of California, Santa Barbara

 Sherman A. Jackson, University of Southern California Dornsife

 Camila Pastor, CIDE

 Aminah McCloud, DePaul University

Topics

Art, architecture, music, film, literature

Politics and law

History

Material culture

Society and Culture

Popular Culture

Gender and sexuality

Religious practices and institutions

Theology

Interfaith relations

Academic study of Islam

Groups and people

 

Articles

American Muslim Comedy (Samah Selina Choudhury)
'Ashura and Azadari (Vernon James Schubel)
Ertegun, Ahmet (Shalom Goldman)
Estevanico de Dorantes (Hsain Ilahiane)
Hanson, Hamza Yusuf (Walaa Quisay)
History of Muslims in Canada (Jennifer A. Selby)
Islamic Finance in North America (M. Kabir Hassan, Tahsin Huq, Aishath Muneeza)
Islamic Tourism in Mexico (Mark Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle)
Islam in the Caribbean (Ken Chitwood)
Jefferson, Thomas and Islam (Denise A. Spellberg)
Latinx Muslim Studies (Madelina Nuñez)
Media Interactions with Muslims (Nofret Berenice Hernandez Vilchis)
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (Fatimah Fanusie)
Mohammed, Warith Deen (Zaid Adhami)
Mohja Kahf (Danielle Haque)
Palestinian Muslim Communities in Colombia (Felipe Medina Gutiérrez, Odette Yidi David)
Rahman, Fazlur (Ebrahim Moosa)
Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Muhammad U. Faruque)
Shabazz, Dr. Betty (Irum Shiekh)
Shari’a Tribunals in North America (James T. Richardson, Bryan S. Turner)
Sufi Communities in Secular Mexico (Lucía Cirianni Salazar)
Sufism in North America (William Rory Dickson)
Sufism in the Modern World (Marcia Hermansen)
Theology in Translation: Latin American and Iranian Efforts (Ángel Horacio Molina, Luis Alberto Vittor)