Publication

2007 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

58,750 words, Guess

Page Count

235 pages

Physical Format

EBook

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • OCLC Control Number61363249
  • Better World Books9780195343571

Classifications

  • LCCBP221.J34 2005
  • LCCBP221 .J34 2005eb
  • DDC297.8/7
and 1 more
  • LCCBP221 .J34 2005

Description

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 Religion," a God-centered holy protest against anti-black racism. Islam in Black America begins as part of a communal search for tools with which to combat racism and redefine American blackness...

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Islam and the BlackamericanEBookOxford University Press2007

Similar Books

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet for this book.

Be the first to share your thoughts!