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Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck was born on March 23, 1935 in Alexandretta, Syria. Daughter of Wadi and Catherine (Basha) Yazbeck. came to the United States, 1963.
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Islamic Values in the United States: A Comparative Study
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The religion of Islam is now an American phenomenon. Once thought to be primarily a way of life of the Arabs and a faith alien to the Judeo-Christian heritage of this country, it has grown to be one of the most prominent and rapidly-growing religious movements in America. This ethnography of immigrant Muslims considers five Northeastern communities in detail. Including numerous interviews with members of these communities, this investigation provides a highly personal look at what it means to be a believing, practicing Muslim in America at a time when Islam is under the critical scrutiny of international news. The authors describe the institutions and leadership of American Islam, Muslim law, and its applications in the American context, examining the kinds of problems that beset Muslims trying to observe the elements of their faith in a potentially difficult environment. Family life and the roles and relationships of men and women are thoroughly detailed as well.
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Women, Religion, and Social Change by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (1985-09-01)
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Islamic Impact
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Women, Religion, and Social Change
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Women, Religion and Social Change focuses attention on the way in which women from a number of religious traditions have been able to bring about change and the manner in which religions have either facilitated or inhibited women's participation in the process of change.
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Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History
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The economic, social, political, military, and intellectual aspects of the Muslims' concern for history reveal the general structure of their perception of reality.
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Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (1982-06-30)
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Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today
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The treatment and role of women are among the most discussed and controversial aspects of Islam. The rights of Muslim women have become part of the Western political agenda, often perpetuating a stereotype of universal oppression. Muslim women living in America continue to be marginalized and misunderstood since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Yet their contributions are changing the face of Islam as it is seen both within Muslim communities in the West and by non-Muslims. In their public and private lives, Muslim women are actively negotiating what it means to be a woman and a Muslim in an American context. Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, and Kathleen M. Moore offer a much-needed survey of the situation of Muslim American women, focusing on how Muslim views about and experiences of gender are changing in the Western diaspora. Centering on Muslims in America, the book investigates Muslim attempts to form a new "American" Islam. Such specific issues as dress, marriage, childrearing, conversion, and workplace discrimination are addressed. The authors also look at the ways in which American Muslim women have tried to create new paradigms of Islamic womanhood and are reinterpreting the traditions apart from the males who control the mosque institutions. A final chapter asks whether 9/11 will prove to have been a watershed moment for Muslim women in America. This groundbreaking work presents the diversity of Muslim American women and demonstrates the complexity of the issues. Impeccably researched and accessible, it broadens our understanding of Islam in the West and encourages further exploration into how Muslim women are shaping the future of American Islam.
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The Contemporary Islamic Revival: A Critical Survey and Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies)
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The Islamic revival in recent decades has generated a growth industry in books and periodical literature on contemporary Islam. This partially annotated bibliography lists available literature on the Islamic revival published in English between 1970 and 1988. Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and her colleagues also provide background information and a special bibliography on women, Islamic banking, and Muslims in Europe and the United States. Three introductory chapters provide an overview of the field of Islamic revival studies from varying perspectives. The bibliography includes academic and primary sources, many of which have been annotated. Some pre-1970 entries are included since they are the only available sources on particular subjects. Many entries are classified according to geographical areas and subdivided by specific country when appropriate. For comparative studies of international scope, entries on activities in China, the Soviet Union, parts of Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are included, as well as entries on Muslims in Europe and North America, and Islamic institutions in the West. This work is an important reference tool for students and scholars of Islam and the Middle East.
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Becoming American?: The Forging of Arab and Muslim Identity in Pluralist America
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Countless generations of Arabs and Muslims have called the United States "home." Yet while diversity and pluralism continue to define contemporary America, many Muslims are viewed by their neighbors as painful reminders of conflict and violence. In this concise volume, renowned historian Yvonne Haddad argues that American Muslim identity is as uniquely American it is for as any other race, nationality, or religion. Becoming American? first traces the history of Arab and Muslim immigration into Western society during the 19th and 20th centuries, revealing a two-fold disconnect between the cultures―America's unwillingness to accept these new communities at home and the activities of radical Islam abroad. Urging America to reconsider its tenets of religious pluralism, Haddad reveals that the public square has more than enough room to accommodate those values and ideals inherent in the moderate Islam flourishing throughout the country. In all, in remarkable, succinct fashion, Haddad prods readers to ask what it means to be truly American and paves the way forward for not only increased understanding but for forming a Muslim message that is capable of uplifting American society.
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Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad
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Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Syrian, American Educator. Member American Council for the Study of Islamic Socs. (board directors since 1983), American Academy Religion (member steering committee 1983-1989), Middle East Outreach Council, American Academy Religion (president N.E. region 1989-1990), Middle East Studies Association (president 1989-1990), Council Foreign Rels.
Education
Bachelor in Education, Beirut College for Women, 1958; Master of Religious Education, Boston School of Theological, 1966; Master of Arts in Middle East History, University of Wisconsin, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy in Islamic Studies, Hartford Seminary, 1979.
Career
Research associate, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1976-1978;
visiting assistant professor of philosophy and religion, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1978-1980;
professor of Islamic Studies, Hartford (Connecticut) Seminary, 1980-1986;
professor of Islamic History, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1986;
Rockefeller research associate, University of Michigan, 1993. Lecturer Islamic History, Hartford Seminary, 1974, religion, Northeastern U., Boston, 1975, Early Islam, U. Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1977. Adjunct lecturer in social studies Mercer County Community College, Trenton, New Jersey,1968-1969.
Visiting professor Yale University, New Haven, 1987. Consultant Canadian Film Board, 1980, National Ednl. Radio and Foreign Policy Association, 1982-1984.
Editorial advisory board Syracuse (New York) U. Press, State University of New York, Albany. Member task force on Christian-Muslim relations of the National Council of Church of Christ, 1980-1990. Trustee Women's Research Institute, Hartford College for Women., 1985-1987.
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Women, Religion, and Social Change
(Women, Religion and Social Change focuses attention on th...)
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Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History
(The economic, social, political, military, and intellectu...)
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The Contemporary Islamic Revival: A Critical Survey and Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies)
( The Islamic revival in recent decades has generated a g...)
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Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today
(The treatment and role of women are among the most discus...)
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Becoming American?: The Forging of Arab and Muslim Identity in Pluralist America
(Countless generations of Arabs and Muslims have called th...)
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Islamic Values in the United States: A Comparative Study
(The religion of Islam is now an American phenomenon. Once...)
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Islamic Impact
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- The Contemporary Islamic Revival: A Critical Survey and Bibliography
- Women, Religion, and Social Change by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (1985-09-01)
- Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (1982-06-30)
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Women, Religion, and Social Change
Membership
Member American Council for the Study of Islamic Socs. (board directors since 1983), American Academy Religion (member steering committee 1983-1989), Middle East Outreach Council, American Academy Religion (president N.E. region 1989-1990), Middle East Studies Association (president 1989-1990), Council Foreign Rels.
Connections
Married Wadi' Z. Haddad, November 2, 1958. Children: Susan Wadi' Haddad MacPhail, Ramsey Wadi'.
