Black pilgrimage to Islam [[electronic resource] /] / Robert Dannin ; photographs by Jolie Stahl

• Autore: Dannin Robert <1952->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (341 p.)
• Disciplina: 297.8/7/0973
• Soggetto topico: Islam - United States - History; African American Muslims - History; Muslim converts - United States - History; Black Muslims - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-310) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. TRACKING THE RED FEZ; PART II. CONVERSION SAGAS; Conclusion: African Diaspora and Muslim Umma; Glossary of Arab-Islamic Terminology; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers a comprehensive ethnographic study of African-American Muslims. Drawing on hundreds of interviews conducted over a period of several years, Dannin provides an unprecedented look inside the fascinating and little understood world of black Muslims. He discovers that the well-known and cult-like Nation of Islam represents only a small part of the picture. Many more African-Americans are drawn to Islamic orthodoxy, with its strict adherence to the Qur'an. Dannin takes us to the First Cleveland Mosque, the oldest continuing Muslim institution in America, on to a permament Muslim vi
• Titolo autorizzato: Black pilgrimage to Islam
• ISBN: 1-280-53214-9; 0-19-803362-1; 0-19-530302-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450352503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II