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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Collaborateurs: Bramson, Loni (Éditeur intellectuel)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Lanham Boulder New York London Lexington Books 2019
Dans:Année: 2019
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Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B USA / Bahaïsme / Relations ethniques / Noirs / Ségrégation (Sociologie) / Histoire
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
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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"--
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:149857002X