Charles Long's Religion of Oppugnancy and Blackamerican Islam - La Religión de Opugnación y el Islam Negroamericano de Charles Long
[Charles Long's concept of oppugnancy was central to his interpretation of Black Religion. While his primary engagement was with Blackamericans in their encounter with Christianity as part of the Columbian event that marked the ‘discovery’ of the new world, Long understood that a faithful descr...
| Published in: | American religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Indiana University Press
2021
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American religion
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| Summary: | [Charles Long's concept of oppugnancy was central to his interpretation of Black Religion. While his primary engagement was with Blackamericans in their encounter with Christianity as part of the Columbian event that marked the ‘discovery’ of the new world, Long understood that a faithful description of Black Religion would have to go beyond Christianity and include non-Christian groups and expressions. Included among the latter was Islam. But Long never got around to bringing Islam among Blackamericans into a full conversation with his concept of Black Religion. The present paper is a preliminary effort in this regard, with the primary aim of testing the extent to which Long's "oppugnancy" could be successfully mapped onto Islam. El concepto de opugnación de Charles Long fue fundamental para su interpretación de la religión de los negros. Si bien su compromiso principal fue con los negroamericanos en su encuentro con el cristianismo como parte del evento colombino que marcó el "descubrimiento" del nuevo mundo, Long entendió que una descripción fiel de la religión negra tendría que ir más allá del cristianismo e incluir grupos y expresiones no cristianos. Dentro de estos últimos se encontraba el islam. Sin embargo, Long nunca pudo llevar el islam entre los negroamericanos a una conversación completa con su concepto de religión negra. El presente ensayo es un esfuerzo preliminar en este sentido, con el objetivo principal de examinar hasta qué punto la "opugnación" de Long podría correlacionarse exitosamente con el islam.] |
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| ISSN: | 2643-9247 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2979/amerreli.2.2.04 |