Islam and the Blackamerican

Islam and the Blackamerican
Author: Sherman A. Jackson
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2005-04-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 019518081X


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Dismissing the idea that an 'African connection' explains the spread of Islam amongst African Americans, Sherman Jackson explores the complex factors that have given rise to the Black Muslim movement & finds answers in both African American religious traditions & the doctrines of the faith.


Islam and the Blackamerican
Language: en
Pages: 246
Authors: Sherman A. Jackson
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-04-14 - Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

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Dismissing the idea that an 'African connection' explains the spread of Islam amongst African Americans, Sherman Jackson explores the complex factors that have
African American Islam
Language: en
Pages: 220
Authors: Aminah Beverly McCloud
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-16 - Publisher: Routledge

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Islam is a vital, growing religion in America. Little is known, however, about the religion except through the biased lens of media reports which brand African
Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: Sherman A. Jackson
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The problem confronting theology in the black community is not simply proving that God exists but, rather, that God cares. For the Muslim, it is essential that
Islam in the African-American Experience
Language: en
Pages: 358
Authors: Richard Brent Turner
Categories: African Americans
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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The involvement of African Americans with Islam reaches back to the earliest days of the African presence in North America. This book explores these roots in th
Islam in Black America
Language: en
Pages: 187
Authors: Edward E. Curtis IV
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-01 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

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Many of the most prominent figures in African-American Islam have been dismissed as Muslim heretics and cultists. Focusing on the works of five of these notable