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Black Zion : African American religious encounters with Judaism / edited by Yvonne Chireau, Nathaniel Deutsch.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Religion in America series
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Relations with Jews.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Religion.
- Black Hebrews.
- Black Muslims.
- Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
- Judaism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is an exploration of the interaction between African American religions and Jewish traditions, beliefs, and spaces. The collection's argument is that religion is the missing piece of the cultural jigsaw, and black-Jewish relations need the religious roots of their problem illuminated.
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Black Culture and Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters with Judaism, 1790-1930, an Overview; 2. African American Jews: Dispelling Myths, Bridging the Divide; 3. Symbolic Identity Formation in an African American Religious Sect: The Black Hebrew Israelites; 4. Another Exodus: The Hebrew Israelites from Chicago to Dimona; 5. The Proximate Other: The Nation of Islam and Judaism; 6. The Nubian Islaamic Hebrews, Ansaaru Allah Community: Jewish Teachings of an African American Muslim Community
- 7. Remembering Nehemiah: A Note on Biblical Theology8. Theological Affinities in the Writings of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King, Jr.; 9. This Is the Gateway to the Lord: The Legacy of Synagogue Buildings for African American Churches on Cincinnati's Reading Road; 10. ""The Jew"" in the Haitian Imagination: Pre-Modern Anti-Judaism in the Postmodern Caribbean; Selected Bibliography; 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:
- Previously issued in print: 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773838-9
- 1-280-45367-2
- 1-4237-5965-6
- 0-19-535462-1
- 1-60256-180-X
- OCLC:
- 437173070
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