Malcolm and the cross the nation of Islam, Malcolm X, and Christianity / Louis A. DeCaro, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeCaro, Louis, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.

X, Malcolm.

Christianity and other religions.

Black Muslims.

African Americans--Religion.

Islam--Christianity--Relations.

Islam.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 270 pages)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite his association with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X had an intimate relation with Christianity and Christians, which influenced his personal life and spirituality as well as his career. Lou Decaro's Malcolm and the Cross thoroughly explores the relation between Malcolm, the Nation of Islam, and Christianity. After revealing the religious roots of the Nation of Islam in relation to Christianity, DeCaro examines Malcolm's development and contributions as an activist, journalist, orator, and revolutionist against the backdrop of his familial religious heritage. In the process, DeCaro achieves nothing less than a radical rethinking of the way we understand Malcolm X, depicting him as a religious revolutionist whose analysis of Christianity is indispensable--particularly in an era when cultic Islam, Christianity, and traditional Islam continue to represent key factors in any discussion about racism in the United States.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction. The Nation of Islam and Christianity

1. A Rumor from the East

2. Reincarnating the Savior

3. The Advent of Elijah

4. Among the Living and the Dead

5. Faith of Our Fathers— and Our Mothers

6. “If a Man Die, Shall He Live Again?”

7. Jesus ReduX

8. This Bitter Earth

9. “We’re Living at the End of the World”

10. A Double Portion of Fire

11. Malcolm,Martin, and Billy

12. “Haunted by the Souls of Black Millions”

Epilogue. Interview with a Christian Minister

Author’s Postscript

Appendix A. An Open Letter to Elijah Muhammad from Malcolm X, June 23,1964

Appendix B. A Partial Transcript of a Sermon by Malcolm X at Elder Solomon Lightfoot Michaux’s New York Church of God, June 16,1961

Notes

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-585-32933-8

0-8147-3830-3

OCLC:

45843996