Curtis IV Islam in Black America

Identity, Liberation, and Difference in African-American Islamic Thought
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8859-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 186 Seiten

Explores modern African-American Islamic thought within the context of Islamic history, giving special attention to questions of universality versus particularity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Curtis IV, Edward E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments Usage 1. Introduction 2. Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912) and the Paradox of Islam 3. Noble Drew Ali (1886–1929) and the Establishment of Black Particularistic Islam 4. Elijah Muhammad (1897–1975) and the Absolutism of Black Particularistic Islam 5. Islamic Universalism, Black Particularism, and the Dual Identity of Malcolm X (1925–1965) 6. Wallace D. Muhammad (b. 1933), Sunni Islamic Reform, and the Continuing Problem of Particularism 7. Toward an Islam for One People and Many Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Edward E. Curtis IV is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.