New Perspectives on the Nation of Islam (Routledge Studies in Religion) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138181889 ISBN 13: 9781138181885

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138181889
• ISBN 13: 9781138181885
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 262
• Editor: Gibson Dawn-Marie, Berg Herbert