In Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America, the author attempting to share the American convert’s experience of discovering Islam. During his fifteen years of being a university professor on college campuses across the United States, he has met many young Americans of Muslim heritage who avoid or even reject Islam, being unable to reconcile their inherited faith with their acquired Western outlook. One of the principle assumptions behind this book is that even though the American culture has alienated these young people from the faith of their parents, they will be able to relate to what other Americans, of non-Muslim origin, have discovered in Islam. Talking with converts, like himself Dr. Lang found a shared common experience that approximates a characteristic path to the faith. This book takes the reader along this path by discussing conflicts between faith and reason, difficulties associated with the decision to convert to Islam, obstructions to conversion erected by Muslims themselves, the indispensable experience of Islamic rituals, extremism within the Muslim community, and what the future may hold for American Muslims.
Even Angels Ask
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| Weight | 0.60 kg |
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| Dimensions | 23 × 15.5 × 1.5 cm |
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| Binding | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780915957675 |
| Pages | 230 |
| Publisher | Amana Publications |
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