Malcolm and the cross : the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X, and christianity

DeCaro, Louis A. 1957- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0814718604 (acid-free paper)
Physical Description: xv, 270 pages ; 21 cm
print
Publisher: New York and London : New York University Press, [1998]
Copyright: ©1998

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: The Nation of Islam and Christianity. -- I. Fires Which Burnt Brightly: The Nation of Islam in a Christian World. 1. A Rumor From the East: The Fard Muhammad Movement and the Problem of the Bible. ; 2. Reincarnating the Savior: Elijah Muhammad and the Deification of W. D. Fard. ; 3. The Advent of Elijah: The Birth of the Temple People Movement. ; 4. Among the Living and the Dead: The Gospel According to Elijah Muhammad. -- II. X and the Cross: Malcolm, the Nation of Islam, and Christianity. 5. Faith of Our Fathers--And Our Mothers: The Little Family, Marcus Garvey, and Christianity. ; 6. "If A Man Die, Shall He Live Again?": Malcolm X as a Fundamentalist Zealot. ; 7. Jesus ReduX: Malcolm and the Religious Jingoism of the Nation of Islam. ; 8. This Bitter Earth: Black Muslims in a Christian World. ; 9. "We're Living at the End of the World": The Second Coming of Earl Little. ; 10. A Double Portion of Fire: Malcolm X in the Wilderness of North America. ; 11. Malcolm, Martin, and Billy. ; 12. "Haunted by the Souls of Black Millions": Christianity Islam, and Malcolm X. -- Epilogue: Interview with a Christian Minister.