Islam and the Blackamerican [[electronic resource] ] : looking toward the third resurrection / / Sherman A. Jackson

• Autore: Jackson Sherman A
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 297.8/7
• Soggetto topico: African American Muslims - History; African Americans - Religion; Black nationalism - United States - History; African Americans - Race identity
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-228) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; 1. Islam and Black Religion; 2. The Third Resurrection and the Ghost of Edward Wilmot Blyden; 3. Black Orientalism; 4. Between Blackamerica, Immigrant Islam, and the Dominant Culture; 5. Blackamerican Islam Between Religion, Nationalism, and Spirituality; Notes; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Sherman Jackson offers a trenchant examination of the career of Islam among the blacks of America. Jackson notes that no one has offered a convincing explanation of why Islam spread among Blackamericans (a coinage he explains and defends) but not among white Americans or Hispanics. Theassumption has been that there is an African connection. In fact, Jackson shows, none of the distinctive features of African Islam appear in the proto-Islamic, black nationalist movements of the early 20th century. Instead, he argues, Islam owes its momentum to the distinctively American phenomenonof ""Black Reli
• Titolo autorizzato: Islam and the Blackamerican
• ISBN: 0-19-988453-6; 0-19-978238-5; 0-19-534357-3; 1-280-70446-2; 1-4237-2219-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792217903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II