A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 2
Author | : Patrick D. Bowen |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 732 |
Release | : 2017-09-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004354371 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004354379 |
Rating | : 4/5 (379 Downloads) |
Download or read book A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 2 written by Patrick D. Bowen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 2: The African American Islamic Renaissance, 1920-1975 Patrick D. Bowen offers an in-depth account of African American Islam as it developed in the United States during the fifty-five years that followed World War I. Having been shaped by a wide variety of intellectual and social influences, the ‘African American Islamic Renaissance’ appears here as a movement that was characterized by both great complexity and diversity. Drawing from a wide variety of sources—including dozens of FBI files, rare books and periodicals, little-known archives and interviews, and even folktale collections—Patrick D. Bowen disentangles the myriad social and religious factors that produced this unprecedented period of religious transformation.