New Perspectives on the Nation of Islam contributes to the ongoing dialogue about the nature and influence of the Nation of Islam (NOI), bringing fresh insights to areas that have previously been overlooked in the scholarship of Elijah Muhammad’s NOI, the Imam W.D. Mohammed community and Louis Farrakhan’s Resurrected NOI. Bringing together contributions that explore the formation, practices, and influence of the NOI, this volume problematizes the history of the movement, its theology, and relationships with other religious movements. Contributors offer a range of diverse perspectives, making connections between the ideology of the NOI and gender, dietary restrictions and foodways, the internationalization of the movement, and the civil rights movement. This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current scholarship on the Nation of Islam, and will be relevant to scholars of American religion and history, Islamic studies, and African American Studies.
Edited by:
Dawn-Marie Gibson,
Herbert Berg
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367875176
ISBN 10: 0367875179
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 10 December 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"1 Introduction Dawn-Marie Gibson and Herbert Berg Part I: Gender, Society, and Global Connections 2 ""A Superb Sales Force...The Men of Muhammad"": The Nation of Islam, Black Masculinity, and Selling Muhammad Speaks in the Black Power Era D’Weston L. Haywood 3 Ebony Muhammad’s Hurt2Healing Magazine and Contemporary Nation Women Dawn-Marie Gibson 4 The Crescent Moon and the Carceral State: The Nation of Islam and the Legal Battle for the Right to Assemble Seneca Vaught 5 Eat to Live: Culinary Nationalism and Black Capitalism in Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam Mary Potorti 6 Was it a Nine days Wonder? A Note on the Proselytisation Efforts of the Nation of Islam in Ghana, c. 1980s-2010 De-Valera N.Y.M. Botchway and Mustapha Abdul-Hamid 7 The Nation of Islam and Japanese Imperial Ambitions Frank Jacob Part II: Propaganda and Theology 8 Propaganda in the Early NOI Patrick D. Bowen 9 ""The Secret… of Who the Devil Is"": Elijah Muhammad, the Nation of Islam, and Theological Phenomenology Stephen C. Finley 10 Elijah Muhammad’s Christologies: The ""Historical"" Jesus and the Contemporary Christ Herbert Berg 11 Black Muslims, White Jesus: Removing Racial Images of God with CRAID and W. D. Muhammad Jamie L. Brummitt 12 Clearing the Planet: Dianetics Auditing and the Eschatology of the Nation of Islam Jacob King 13 The Evolving Theology of the Nation of Islam Nathan Saunders"
Dawn-Marie Gibson is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Herbert Berg is Professor of Religion in the Department of Philosophy and Religion and the Director of International Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA.
Reviews for New Perspectives on the Nation of Islam
"""The well-researched essays offer the experienced scholar in the field room for discussion and incentives for further studies."" - Hans Gerald Hödl, Religious Studies Review"