Essentially, the study of black religion in America has been mysterious, quarrelsome, and paradoxical. Repeatedly the reason in this primer aspires to make a concentric analysis of the function and capacity of spirituality and religiosity, within the African American Muslim movement. Recently, there have been numerous volumes in the form of biographical or communal studies conducted on Black twentieth century religious figures. Much of this discussion has exacerbated in hierarchy of religious values, rather than a concentric analysis of the role and function of spirituality and religiosity. Therefore, this collection of essays places emphasis on the role and views of the missionary and voluntary spread of Islam among African Americans in the United States.
Autorentext
James L. Conyers, Jr., Ph.D., Director, African American Studies Program, University Professor of African American Studies, University of Houston, African American Studies Program. Additionally, he is the founding editor of Africana Studies: A Review of Social Science Research at Transaction Publishers.
Inhalt
Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
PART I: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW 1
1 Notes in Negro American Influences on the Emergence
of African Nationalism (1960)
George Shepperson 3
2 Islam as a Factor in West African Culture (1911)
George W. Ellis 23
3 Muslims in Early America (1994)
Michael A. Gomez 47
PART II: SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION 91
4 The Voodoo Cult among Negro Migrants in Detroit (1938)
Erdmann Doane Beyon 93
5 Elijah in the Wilderness (1960)
Nat Hentoff 107
6 Registerested with Allah (1997)
Arna Bontemps and Jack Conroy 117
7 Moorish Science Temple of America (1957)
Arthur H. Fauset 141
8 Negro Nationalism and the Black Muslims (1962)
Claude Lightfoot 153
PART III: POLITICS OF RELIGION 173
9 The Black Muslims and the Negro American's
Quest for Communion: A Case Study in the
Genesis of Negro Protest Movements (1969)
Howard Kaplan 175
10 The Black Muslim Movement and the American
Constitutional System (1983)
Oliver Jones Jr. 191
11 Black Muslims and the Police (1965)
Lee P. Brown 211
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