The Columbia Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States

Edited by Edward E. Curtis IV

Paper, 472 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13957-1
$29.50

January, 2008
Cloth, 472 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13956-4
$75.00

"The full American Muslim story . . . This book is highly recommended . . . an enlightening and moving read. " — Asma Hasan, Saudi Aramco World

"The first edited collection of primary sources written by American Muslims . . . Essential." — Choice

"The Columbia Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States is an exceptionally valuable and well-thought-out anthology providing for the first time a comprehensive overview of Muslim experience in America. Edward E. Curtis has a sensitive understanding of the identity issues involving religion in America, and he skillfully uses his theoretical understanding to present and contextualize this material. In short, this is a major achievement that will be appreciated by scholars of American religion as well as Islamic studies." — Carl W. Ernst, director of the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"A wonderful collection of primary sources that will be useful in the undergraduate classroom and interesting to all readers who want to learn more about the history of American Islam and the diversity of American Muslims." — Thomas A. Tweed, author of Crossing and Dwelling: A Theory of Religion

Related Subjects

• American Religion
• Islam
• Reference

About the Author

Edward E. Curtis IV is Millennium Scholar of the Liberal Arts and associate professor of religious studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He is the author of Muslims in America and Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960-1975.

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