
The Hebrew Israelite Community
A. Paul Hare(Author)
University Press of America
Published on 18. February 1999
Book
Hardback
120 pages
978-0-7618-1269-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Hebrew Israelite Community introduces the African-Americans who are members of the Hebrew Israelite Community in Israel from a sociological and anthropological perspective. This community has passed through several phases since its beginning in Chicago in 1963 as the followers of a charismatic leader, to the "Black Africa" movement in Liberia, a millennial cult, to a utopian community. The spiritual leader of this community, Ben Ammi provides a foreword to the book. The author begins with an introduction to the Black Americans and their children who are members of the Hebrew Israelite Community in Israel that provides a description of the social structure and activities of the community. He moves into a discussion of the holistic lifestyle of the community that includes high moral standards, communal sharing, and the production of clothing from natural fibers, as well as the unique system of preventive health care. The well defined structures of both the society and the family, including the place of priests and women are presented. Most of all the author emphasizes the importance of the community and its place within the larger world.
Reviews / Votes
The Hebrew Israelite Community makes for interesting reading. It adds to the scholarly literature on a number of subjects, including new African American religious movements, Israeli society and new religious movements, and the relationship between African Americans and Jews. -- Yaakov Ariel, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill * Nova Religio: The Journal Of Alternative And Emergent Religions * The Hebrew Israelite Community makes for interesting reading. It adds to the scholarly literature on a number of subjects, including new African American religious movements, Israeli society and new religious movements, and the relationship between African Americans and Jews. -- Yaakov Ariel, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill * Nova Religio: The Journal Of Alternative And Emergent Religions *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
417 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-1269-2 (9780761812692)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
A. Paul Hare is Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Ben-Gurion University, Israel.
Author
Contributions
Content
chapter 1 Constructing a Virtuous Reality chapter 2 Living the New Reality: Holistic Lifestyle chapter 3 Emphasizing the Holy in Holistic Health Care chapter 4 Leadership and Priesthood chapter 5 Using the Power to Redefine: Israel as Africa, Africa as Israel chapter 6 Return to Womanhood: Construction of a Redefined Feminine Identity chapter 7 The Community as Mediator chapter 8 Bibliography chapter 9 Name Index chapter 10 Subject Index