| Description |
xv, 270 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the Nation of Islam and Christianity -- Fires which burnt brightly : the Nation of Islam in a christian world -- A rumor from the East : the Fard Muhammad movement and the problem of the bible -- Reincarnating the savior : Elijah Muhammad and the deification of W. D. Fard -- The advent of Elijah : the birth of the Temple People movement -- Among the living and the dead : the gospel according to Elijah Muhammad -- X and the cross : Malcolm, the Nation of Islam, and Christianity -- Faith of our fathers- and our mothers : the Little Family, Marcus Garvey, and Christianity -- "If a man die, shall he live again?" : Malcolm X as a fundamentalist zealot -- Jesus ReduX : Malcolm and the religious jingoism of the Nation of Islam -- This bitter earth : black muslims in a christian world -- "We're living at the end of the world" : the second coming of Earl Little -- A double portion of fire : Malcolm X in the wilderness of North America -- Malcolm, Martin, and Billy -- "Haunted by the souls of black millions" : Christianity, Islam, and Malcolm X -- Epilogue : interview with a Christian minister. |
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X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 -- Religion.
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Black Muslims.
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African Americans -- Religion.
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Islam -- Relations -- Christianity.
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Christianity and other religions -- Islam.
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| ISBN |
0814718604 (acid-free paper) |
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