Black Nationalism; Black Religious Thought

Martin Luther King believed that the civil rights struggles of Blacks were in one sense importantly American but also part of a worldwide movement against colonialism. As King once noted, Black Power is “the cry of the unheard.” Such expressions of angst extend themselves beyond U.S. borders and thus characterize the existential crises of all oppressed communities. Through this observation, King argues that this international perspective is the definition of Black Power and is a universal call for justice, which he engages as the transition from “thingification” to personhood. #BlackLivesMatter is the theopolitical demand for Black personhood, which we believe to be housed in King’s philosophy of Black Power. Using interpretations of oppression from Black and womanist theologies, this article provides a reconfiguration of King’s expansion of Black Power into global terrain and considers how this approach is timely, given the desensitization toward the killing of Black female and male bodies.

This study will highlight the history of the Turudbe Fulbe by examining them from their own writings as well as the writings of contemporary scholars. Iexamine the concept of identity construct and historical consciousness as utilized by the Turudbe Fulbe and their connection with the ancient tribe of the Banu Isra'il as well as Quraysh. I attempt to delineate the role that the Turudbe’ played in the reform and jihad movements of the 18th and 19th centuries. Their resilient historical consciousness and how this identity construction helped in the survival of this people will be examined in depth. Furthermore, I will also show how during the period of African enslavement in the western hemisphere, the Turudbe’ Fulbe helped produce some of the most dynamic leaders of reform and change in the African American struggle for freedom and justice. Men like Frederick Douglas, Denmark Vesey and David Walker were all influenced either directly or indirectly by enslaved Turudbe’ Fulbe men. In this regard, reference will be made to Amir Abd’r-Rahman ibn Ibrahim, Alfa Umar ibn Sayyid, and Muhammadu Bilali who were the purveyors of Turudbe Fulbe Islamic beliefs and who reflected the continuity of this great people and their contribution to western civilization.
The Turudbe’ Fulbe’: the Lost Children of Abraham
The Persistence of Historical Continuity Through Identity Construction in the Quest for Self-Determination

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. The Origin of the Turudbe’ Fulbe’
4. Social Stratification of the Turudbe’ Fulbe’
5. The Turudbe’ and the Diffusion of Islam in Western Bilad’’s-Sudan
6. Uthman Dan Fuduye’ and the Persistence of Turudbe’ Historical Consciousness
7. The Asabiya (Solidarity) of the Turudbe’ and the Philosophy of History
8. The Persistence of Turudbe’ Identity Construct in the American Diaspora
9. The ‘Lost and Found’ Turudbe’ Fulbe Children of Abraham: The Ordeal of Slavery and the Promise of Redemption
10. Conclusion
11. Appendix 1
The Kitaab an-Nasab (the Book of Lineage) of Abdullahi Dan Fuduye’
12. Appendix 2
The Aslu’l-Falaatiyeen (the Origin of the Fulani) of Abdullahi Dan Fuduye’
13. Appendix 3
The Nasab’l-Fullata (The Lineage of the Fulani) author unknown
14. Appendix 4
The Nasab Shaykh Uthman ibn Fuduye’ of Shaykh Uthman ibn Ahmad ibn al-Qadi Abu Bakr Ladan
15. Appendix 5 Kitab ‘n-Nasab wa’s-Sihr (the Book of Lineage and Relationships by Marriage) by Shaykh Bashir ibn Ahmad ibn al-Qadi Modibo Abdullahi ibn Bellel
16. Appendix 6
The Autobiography of Umar ibn Sayyid
17. Postface
18. Bibiliography

GOD & Apple Pie
Religious Myths and Visions of America

Two sample chapters (by publisher's permission):
1.  Native American Myths and Visions of America (Chapter 2)
2.  Black Muslim Myths and Visions of America (Chapter 9)

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GOD & Apple Pie
Religious Myths and Visions of America

Christopher Buck

Introduction by J. Gordon Melton,
Distinguished Professor of American Religious History, Baylor University

This book is about an unusual religious topic: the United States of America ("America").
"America" is, at once, nation and notion, country and creed, republic and rhetoric. This book is about Providence and principle--the relationship of the supernatural world to the world's superpower. "America" is not in the Bible, nor in the Qur'an. Yet "America" today pulsates with religious significance. "America" is a word that has taken on mythic proportions.

Eleven religions have been selected for their distinctive perspectives on America: (1) Native American religion (Iroquois); (2) Protestant Christianity (the Puritans); (3) the Christian Right; (4) Roman Catholicism; (5) Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist); (6) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons); (7) Christian Identity (White nationalists); (8) Nation of Islam (Black nationalists); (9) Islam (especially Radical Islamists and Progressive Muslims); (10) Buddhism (Tibetan and Soka Gakkai); and (11) the Baha'i Faith.

Over the course of American history, religious myths and visions of America tend to reflect an ever-changing American civil society, whether as a function of its social evolution or as a catalyst of it. The result is: Religions re-mythologize America. And: Religions re-envision America.

God & Apple Pie invites serious reflection on what it means to be an American, particularly from a religious perspective.