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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812820103321

Autore

Curtis Edward E., IV, <1970->

Titolo

Islam in Black America : identity, liberation, and difference in African-American Islamic thought / / Edward E. Curtis IV

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2002

ISBN

0-7914-8859-4

0-585-47103-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (x, 174 pages)

Disciplina

297.8/7

Soggetti

African American Muslims - History

Black Muslims - History

African Americans - Religion

African Americans - Race identity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Usage -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832-1912) and the Paradox of Islam -- 3 Noble Drew Ali (1886-1929) and the Establishment of Black Particularistic Islam -- 4 Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975) and the Absolutism of Black Particularistic Islam -- 5 Islamic Universalism, Black Particularism, and the Dual Identity of Malcolm X (1925-1965) -- 6 Wallace D. Muhammad (b. 1933), Sunni Islamic Reform, and the Continuing Problem of Particularism -- 7 Toward an Islam for One People and Many -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Explores modern African-American Islamic thought within the context of Islamic history, giving special attention to questions of universality versus particularity.