Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters with Judaism

Abstract

Introduction PART ONE: AFRICAN AMERICAN JEWS AND ISRAELITES Black Culture and Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters with Judaism, 1790-1930: An Overview African American Jews: Dispelling Myths, Bridging the Divide Symbolic Identity Formation in an African American Religious Sect: The Black Hebrew Israelites Another Exodus: The Hebrew Israelites from Chicago to Dimona PART TWO: AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSLIMS AND JUDAISM The Proximate Other: The Nation of Islam and Judaism The Nubian Islamic Hebrews, Ansaaru Allah Community PART THREE: AFRICAN AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM Remembering Nehemiah, A Note on Biblical Theology Theological Affinities in the Writings of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King, Jr. This is the Gateway to the Lord: The Legacy of Synagogue Buildings for African-American Churches on Cincinnati's Reading Road The Jew in the Haitian Imagination Selected Bibliography Notes on Contributors