Islam in the African-American Experience, Second Edition

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Indiana University Press, Nov 20, 2003 - Religion - 312 pages

"[Sure to become] a classic in the field. Highly recommended." —Library Journal

". . . full of surprises and intrigues and written in a beautiful style. . . . a breath of fresh air on the African-Islamic-American connection." —Journal of the American Academy of Religion

The involvement of black Americans with Islam reaches back to the earliest days of the African presence in North America. Part I of the book explores these roots in the Middle East, West Africa, and antebellum America. Part II tells the story of the "Prophets of the City"—the leaders of the new urban-based African American Muslim movements in the 20th century. Turner places the study of Islam in the context of the racial, ethical, and political relations that influenced the reception of successive presentations of Islam, including the West African Islam of slaves, the Ahmadiyya Movement from India, the orthodox Sunni practice of later immigrants, and the Nation of Islam. This second edition features a new introduction, which discusses developments since the earlier edition, including Islam in a post-9/11 America.

 

Selected pages

Contents

Muslims in a Strange Land African Muslim Slaves in America
11
PanAfricanism and the New American Islam Edward Wilmot Blyden and Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb
47
The Name Means Everything Noble Drew Ali and the Moorish Science Temple of America
71
The Ahmadiyya Mission to America A Multiracial Model for American Islam
109
Missionizing and Signifying WD Fard and the Early History of the Nation of Islam
147
Malcolm X and His Successors Contemporary Significations of AfricanAmerican Islam
174
Commodification of Identity
238
Notes
243
Select Bibliography for the Second Edition
281
Index
303
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Islam in the African-American Experience
Richard Brent Turner
Limited preview - 2003
Islam in the African-American Experience
Richard Brent Turner
Snippet view - 1997
Islam in the African-American Experience
Richard Brent Turner
No preview available - 1997

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About the author (2003)

Richard Brent Turner is Associate Professor in the African-American World Studies Program at the University of Iowa. He lives in Iowa City.

Bibliographic information

TitleIslam in the African-American Experience, Second Edition
AuthorRichard Brent Turner
Editionillustrated
PublisherIndiana University Press, 2003
ISBN0253216303, 9780253216304
Length312 pages
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Religion / Islam / General
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
  
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