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The Bahá’í Faith and African American History
The Bahá’í Faith and African American History: Creating Racial and Religious Diversity
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Contents
List of Figures
Introduction
Chapter 1
The Bahá’í “Pupil of the Eye” Metaphor
Origin of the Bahá’í Pupil of the Eye Metaphor; Bahá’u’lláh’s Statements (pre-1893)
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Sarah Farmer (1902)
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Alma S. Knobloch (1906)
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Pocahontas Pope (1906)
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Robert Turner (1909 or before)
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Ali-Kuli Khan (1909)
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Louise Washington (1910)
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to George A. Anderson (1914)
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Remarks to Louis G. Gregory (1911)
Historical Context for the Tablets in the Bahá’í Faith: Bahá’u’lláh on Emancipation and Abolition
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Public Statements on Race
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 2
“The Most Vital and Challenging Issue”
Race Amity Work: 1920–1923
Race Amity Work: 1924–1928
Race Amity Work: Financial Stress Increases Local and Individual Work
Race Amity: National Efforts from 1932–1936
Race Amity: Local Means to Implement National Administrative Policy
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 3
Alain Locke on Race, Religion, and the Bahá’í Faith
Alain Locke on Race and Religion
Race and Religion: The National Interracial Conference, 1928
Race and Religion: Relevance of Religious Values
Race and Religion: Original Sins
Race and Religion: Salvific Solutions
Race and Religion: Retrospect and Prospect
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 4
The Most Challenging Issue Revisited
“Knowledge of Resistance”: Overview
A Legacy of Activism
Multiple Overlapping Identities
Black Women, Race, and Resistance
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 5
Hand in Hand
A “Completely New Phase”
Introducing the Five-Year Plan
Administrative Arrangements
Approaches to Training
The Folly Grove Community and Opposition to the Bahá’í Faith
Approaches to Teaching the Bahá’í Faith
South Carolina and the National Plan
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 6
Race Unity Efforts among American Bahá’ís
Race and Religion in the United States
Prejudice and Contact Theory in Religious Organizations
The Dearth and Importance of Multiracial Congregations
Structural and Ideological Barriers to Multiracial Congregations
Efforts to Integrate Segregated Churches
How Do Churches Attempt to Overcome Racial Divisions?
The Case of the Bahá’í Faith
The Example of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Louis Gregory
The Guidance of Shoghi Effendi
Iranian Persecution and Cultural Changes for American Bahá’ís
The Vision of Race Unity
The Bahá’í Calendar and Nineteen-Day Feasts
FACT Data on Bahá’í Multiracial Efforts
Local Governance: The LSA
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 7
Race, Place, and Clusters
Place-Based Planning Strategies
Place, Race, and Division
Searching For Guidance
Thinking about Detroit
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
Bibliography
Conclusion
Index
About the Contributors