Early Twentieth Century New Black Religious Movements in the United States

Darrius D. Hills (Grinnell College)

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Cambridge University Press
11 December 2025

Religion & politics; Spiritualism; Religious & theocratic ideologies

Series: Elements in New Religious Movements

African American religions include faith orientations that incorporate and deviate from Afro-Protestantism. Yet, contemporary scholarship in religious studies is always bolstered by any supplementary work that examines the plethora of 'extrachurch' orientations that Black communities adopt in their varied pursuits of truth, transcendence, and ultimacy. In this vein, it is necessary to recognize the emergence of powerful alternative religious movements that provided spiritual and theological sustenance for the expression of Black faith. This Element offers an historical overview of four of these traditions: Conjure and Spiritualism, the Nation of Islam, the Moorish Science Temple of America, and African American varieties of New Thought. It explores the social and cultural factors in American society and American race relations that bolstered their emergence and considers the impact such movements had and continue to have on ideas about Black selfhood, Black religious authority, and the sacrality of Black bodies.

By: Darrius D. Hills (Grinnell College)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 122g
ISBN: 9781009534451
ISBN 10: 1009534459
Series: Elements in New Religious Movements
Pages: 75
Publication Date: 11 December 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction – black religion and identity negotiation in America; 1. African American conjure and spiritualist traditions; 2. So-called Negroes: racial reframing in the nation of Islam; 3. Good moors and good Americans: race and citizenry in the Moorish science temple of America; 4. Holy race(less) angels: Fvather divine and the international peace mission movement; Conclusion – reading blackness rightly: The impact of new religious movements on black selfhood; References.