Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Islam and Black Religion
2. The Third Resurrection and the Ghost of Edward Wilmot Blyden
3. Black Orientalism
4. Between Blackamerica, Immigrant Islam, and the Dominant Culture
5. Blackamerican Islam Between Religion, Nationalism, and Spirituality
Notes
Index

About the Author

Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, The University of Michigan

Reviews

"Destined to become a fixture in any course dealing with Islam in America, Jackson's treatment of the subject offers many helpful insights while giving a voice to often-ignored Blackamerican Muslims. ...his work will contribute to the lively and growing debate over the place of Islam in America and the role of Blackamerican Muslims in the contemporary American religious scene." --The Virginia Quarterly Review
"No one has ever analyzed the actual dynamics of Blackamerican Muslims with more acute insight, or more palpable good will, than Sherman Jackson. For both black and white Americans, Jackson sets forth a vision of Islam that is at once holistic and pragmatic: a source of inner strength, a builder of human character, and a bridge to salvation. This book is required reading for anyone who has ever pondered how the long span of Muslim history connects to the
Blackamerican stake in an ongoing and enabling Islamic identity."--Bruce Lawrence, author of New Faiths, Old Fears: Muslims and Other Asian Immigrants in American Religious Life
"No author is better positioned than Sherman Jackson to write Islam and the Blackamerican. A prominent scholar of Islam and major Muslim leader, Jackson draws on his impeccable scholarship and experience, providing a perspective on the past and charting a future course for Blackamerican Muslims."--John L. Esposito, author of What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam
"This seminal examination of Blackamerican Islam is an excellent theoretical seating for and analysis of various communities since the beginning of the twentieth century. What makes this text groundbreaking is that it stands the tradition of the only real religion among African Americans is Christianity on its head. For almost all of the 20th century, Black Christian scholars have claimed hegemony over what is said about religion in the black community without
mentioning the influences of Islam or even its increasing adherence. Well, Sherman Jackson has forced a new conversation with a skilled and sophisticated investigation from the point of view of a
Blackamerican Islamic scholar. Things will never be the same again in the scholarship around black religion."--Aminah Beverly McCloud, author of African American Islam
"A must read for anyone interested in an important and challenging interpretation of Islam and African Americans."--James H. Cone, author of Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare
"This talented historian, legal scholar and social analyst presents a dazzling challenge to the white elitism of American society and the immigrant elitism of Western Islam. Terrific!"--Jane I. Smith, author of Islam in America
"This book makes a highly significant contribution to the literature on Islam in American and the study of religion, history, and Black Americans. It gives us a rare and nuanced analysis of the spread of Islam amongst indigenous Americans and explores the ideological complexity and tensions of recent transformations of American Muslim society. This book should become a standard for classroom use in the courses on Islam in America and is broadly of interest in
fields of religious studies, anthropology, sociology, and American history." --Contemporary Islam