‘Abdu’l-Bahá's Journey West [electronic resource] : The Course of Human Solidarity /
Mottahedeh, N.editor.
This edited volume of specially commissioned essays written for the anniversary of `Abdu'l-Baha's journey to America tells the story of this former prisoner's interactions with the white upper echelon of American society as well as his impact on the lives and writings of important early figures in the African-American civil rights movement.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures                      ; Acknowledgments                      ; Introduction                   ; 1. Laura Dreyfus-Barney and `Abdu'l-Bah á' s Visit to the West                                                                     ; 2. An Analysis of `Abdu'l-Bah á' s Visit to North America in 1912                                                                        ; 3. `Abdu'l-Bah á' s Critique of Nationalist Amnesia
4. A Troubled Modernity: W. E. B Du Bois, "The Black Church," and the Problem of Causality                                                                                                 5. `Abdu'l-Bah á' s 1912 Howard University Speech: A Civil War Myth for Interracial Emancipation                                                                                                       ; 6. Orientals Meeting in the West: Foes Become Friends                                                            ; Bibliography                   ; Notes on Contributors
Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This edited volume of specially commissioned essays written for the anniversary of `Abdu'l-Baha's journey to America tells the story of this former prisoner's interactions with the white upper echelon of American society as well as his impact on the lives and writings of important early figures in the African-American civil rights movement.
ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, 1844-1921
Middle East—History.
Religion—History.
Ethics.
Ethnology—Middle East .
Religions.
History of the Middle East.
History of Religion.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
Middle Eastern Culture.
Comparative Religion.