In-Between Identities: Signs of Islam in Contemporary American Writing (Studies in Religion and the Arts, volume 13)

John C. Waldmeir

ISBN 10: 9004382534 / ISBN 13: 9789004382534

Published by Leiden : E. J. Brill, 2018

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IX, 186 pages ; 24 cm. Using Islamic tradition as a resource, the poets, novelists, playwright, filmmaker, and illustrator in this study discover signs of Gods creative actions amid the tensions of contemporary Muslim American identity.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In-Between Identities: Signs of Islam in Contemporary American Writing (Studies in Religion and the Arts, volume 13)
• Publisher: Leiden : E. J. Brill
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004382534
• ISBN 13: 9789004382534
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • American History
  • Literature
  • Islam

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Synopsis

For the writers and artists in In-Between Identities: Signs of Islam in Contemporary American Writing, contemporary Muslim American identity is neither singular nor fixed. Rather than dismiss the tradition in favor of more secular approaches, however, all of the figures here discover in Muhammad’s revelation resources for affirming such uncertainty. For them, the Qur’anic notion of a divine “sign” validates creation, even that creativity born of contrasting if not competing assumptions about identity. To develop this claim, individual chapters in the book discuss Muslim faith in the work of poets Naomi Shihab Nye, Kazim Ali, Tyson Amir and Amir Sulaiman; novelists Mohja Kahf, Rabih Alameddine, and Willow Wilson; illustrator Sandow Birk; playwright Ayad Akhtar; and the online record of the 30 Mosques in 30 Days project.

About the Author

John C. Waldmeir, Ph.D. (1991), University of Chicago, is Professor of Religious Studies and Theology at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. He has published extensively in the area of Art, Religion, and Culture, including The American Trilogy, 1900-1937: Norris, Dreiser, Dos Passos and the History of Mammon (1995), Poetry, Prose, and Art in American Social Gospel Movement (2002), and Cathedrals of Bone: The Role of the Body in Contemporary Catholic Literature (2009). This is his sixth book.