Islam and the Blackamerican : looking toward the third resurrection / Sherman A. Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Sherman A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American Muslims--History.

African American Muslims.

African Americans--Religion.

African Americans.

Black nationalism--United States--History.

Black nationalism.

African Americans--Race identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sherman Jackson offers a trenchant examination of the career of Islam among the blacks of America. Jackson notes that no one has offered a convincing explanation of why Islam spread among Blackamericans (a coinage he explains and defends) but not among white Americans or Hispanics. Theassumption has been that there is an African connection. In fact, Jackson shows, none of the distinctive features of African Islam appear in the proto-Islamic, black nationalist movements of the early 20th century. Instead, he argues, Islam owes its momentum to the distinctively American phenomenonof ""Black Reli

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Islam and Black Religion; 2. The Third Resurrection and the Ghost of Edward Wilmot Blyden; 3. Black Orientalism; 4. Between Blackamerica, Immigrant Islam, and the Dominant Culture; 5. Blackamerican Islam Between Religion, Nationalism, and Spirituality; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-228) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988453-6

0-19-978238-5

0-19-534357-3

1-280-70446-2

1-4237-2219-1

OCLC:

191924171