The Bahá'í faith and African American history: creating racial and religious diversity
The Bahá'í "pupil of the eye" metaphor : promoting ideal race relations in Jim Crow America / Christopher Buck -- "The most vital and challenging issue" : the Bahá'í faith's efforts to improve race relations, 1922 to 1936 / Loni Bramson -- Alain Locke on race, reli...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Lanham Boulder New York London
Lexington Books
2019
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| Dans: | Année: 2019 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Montrer les volumes/articles. |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
USA
/ Bahaïsme
/ Relations ethniques
/ Noirs
/ Ségrégation (Sociologie)
/ Histoire
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions BJ Islam KBM Asie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
African American Bahais
B United States Race relations B Bahai Faith (United States) History B Bahai Faith and social problems (United States) B Race Relations Religious aspects Bahai Faith B African Americans Religion B African Americans Ségrégation |
| Accès en ligne: |
Table des matières Quatrième de couverture |
| Résumé: | The Bahá'í "pupil of the eye" metaphor : promoting ideal race relations in Jim Crow America / Christopher Buck -- "The most vital and challenging issue" : the Bahá'í faith's efforts to improve race relations, 1922 to 1936 / Loni Bramson -- Alain Locke on race, religion, and the Bahá'í faith / Christopher Buck -- The most challenging issue revisited : African American Bahá'í women and the advancement of race and gender equality, 1899-1943 / Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis -- Hand in hand : race, identity, and community development among South Carolina's Bahá'í, 1973-1979 / Louis Venters -- Race unity efforts among American Bahá'í : institutionalized tools and empirical evidence / Mike McMullen -- Race, place, and clusters : current vision and possible strategies / June Manning Thomas. "Since the early twentieth century, the Baha'í religion has worked to establish racially and ethnically diverse communities. During Jim Crow, it was a leader in breaking norms of racial segregation. Each chapter of this book presents an aspect of Baha'i history that intersects with African American history in novel and socially significant ways"-- |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Description matérielle: | xxv, 269 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4985-7002-2 |
