Ben Ammi Ben Israel: Black Theology, Theodicy and Judaism in the Thought of the African Hebrew Israelite...

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Michael Miller (Polish Institute of Advanced Studies, Poland) Anthony B Pinn (Rice University USA)

Ben Ammi Ben Israel

Black Theology, Theodicy and Judaism in the Thought of the African Hebrew Israelite Messiah...

Michael Miller (Polish Institute of Advanced Studies, Poland), Anthony B Pinn (Rice University USA), Monica R Miller (Lehigh University USA)

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Bloomsbury Academic
20 February 2025

Judaism

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Black Religion and Cultures

This text introduces Ben Ammi, the leader and theologian of the African Hebrew Israelite community, as a systematic thinker and theologian. It examines his many books and speeches in order to provide a comprehensive introduction to his thought in the context of both African American and Jewish contemporaries and precursors.

Divided into three thematic sections, History, Law, and Language, the text introduces Ben Ammi’s understanding of the nature of God, the responsibilities of the human, and the narrative of history. Ben Ammi was a deeply spiritual but also remarkably modern thinker who blended scientific thought into his evolving socio-theology, while seeking to remove religion from the realm of mythology. The book evaluates how Ben Ammi’s theology is one bound to concepts of humility and learning how to go with the grain of the natural world in order to find humanity’s true center as a part of nature.

By: Michael Miller (Polish Institute of Advanced Studies Poland)
Edited by: Anthony B Pinn (Rice University USA), Monica R Miller (Lehigh University USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350295179
ISBN 10: 1350295175
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Black Religion and Cultures
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 20 February 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. By Means of a Beginning: History, Race, and Truth 2. As in the Days of Noah: Eschatology and Apocalypticism 3. Black Messiah: Ben Ammi, Yeshua, and Messianism 4. Pneumatic Immanence: God, Ontology, and Law 5. Divine Justice/Deserved Liberation: Suffering, Agency, and Chosenness 6. The Vital Self: Body, Soul, Spirit, World 7. The Power to Define: Words, Ideas, Names, and Scripture 8. Revolutionary Conservatism: Social Theory, Human Life, and Gender Conclusion: Gnostic and Kabbalistic Reflections Bibliography Index

Michael T. Miller is Associate Researcher at the Polish Institute of Advances Studies, Poland.

Reviews for Ben Ammi Ben Israel: Black Theology, Theodicy and Judaism in the Thought of the African Hebrew Israelite Messiah

Ben Ammi Ben Israel, the man and messiah figure, is one of the most interesting spiritual leaders to emerge in African American history. This thorough and thoughtful book by Michael Miller takes him seriously as a revolutionary thinker who challenges much of what we think we know about black politics, culture, language, life and death today. * John L. Jackson JR., author of Thin Description: Ethnography and the African American Hebrew Israelites * This well-researched book fulfils a long-felt need – a thorough analysis of the philosophy of Ben Ammi Ben Israel and the beliefs of the Hebrew Israelite movement. * Tudor Parfitt, Distinguished University Professor, Florida International University, USA * Ben Ammi Ben Israel is not a name that is burnished on the consciousness of many people outside of the relatively small world of those interested in and committed to Black liberation. Miller’s book is therefore a timely and a bold restatement of the man and his theological, political and ethical ideas concerned with the selfactualisation and self-determination of Black people ... This excellent text is a reminder of an important voice in the Black radical tradition that should be reclaimed. * Anthony G. Reddie, Director of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture, University of Oxford, UK *