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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: James L. Conyers, Jr.Publisher: University Press of America Imprint: Hamilton Books Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.812kg ISBN: 9780761868729ISBN 10: 0761868720 Pages: 532 Publication Date: 28 December 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface 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 PART IV: ECONOMICS OF RELIGION 227 12 The Protestant Ethic among the Black Muslims (1966) Lawrence L. Tyler 229 13 Christian Elements in Negro American Muslim Religious Beliefs (1964) Abbie Whyte 241 14 Watchtower Influences on Black Muslim Eschatology: An Exploratory Story (1970) William Maesen 251 15 The Moslem Influence Among American Negroes (1962) John F. Hatchett 259 PART V: PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION 267 16 The Muslim Mission in the Context of American Social History (1983) C. Eric Lincoln 269 17 African American Muslim Women (1991) Beverly Thomas (Aminah) McCloud 287 18 What Shall We Call Him? Islam and African American Identity (1997) Richard Brent Turner 301 19 Family Stability Among African-American Muslims (1991) Na'im Akbar 335 20 Aspects of Black Muslim Theology (1981) Zafar Ishaq Ansari 353 PART VI: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES 389 21 W.D. Muhammad: The Making of a Black Muslim Leader (1933-1961) (1985) Zafar Ishaq Ansari 391 22 From Black Muslim to Bilalian: The Evolution of a Movement (1982) Lawrence H. Mamiya 409 23 The Black Muslims: From Revolution to Institution (1964) Michael Parenti 433 24 The Black Muslims in America: A Reinterpretation (1963) W. Haywood Burns 451 25 Islam in the United States of America: A Review of the Sources (1981) Sulayman S. Nyang Index About the Editor and ContributorsReviewsAfricana Faith: A Religious History of the African American Crusade in Islam has that rare virtue of being a necessary text. In breadth, creative organization, and nuance, the anthology works on many levels as James Conyers has assembled works offering analyses of African American Muslims within the context of American historiography and a broad array of debates across the social sciences. A classic reader is born! --Lewis Gordon, author of An Introduction to Africana Philosophy -- Lewis Gordon Author InformationJames 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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