“The Greatest Tool of the Devil”: Mamie, Malcolm X, and the PolitiX of the Black Madonna in Black Churches and the Nation of Islam in the United States

This article endeavors to attend to the yoke of Afro-patriarchy, gender conflict, and faith in Black churches and in the pre-1975 Nation of Islam, challenging some recent arguments that disingenuously distinguish between patriarchy in Black churches and patriarchy in the Nation of Islam. The article...

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Auteur principal: Turman, Eboni Marshall (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: The Pennsylvania State University Press [2015]
Dans: Journal of Africana religions
Année: 2015, Volume: 3, Numéro: 1, Pages: 130-150
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B X, Malcolm 1925-1965 / Black Muslims / Nation of Islam / Noirs / Église / Femme / Patriarcat
RelBib Classification:AD Sociologie des religions
AG Vie religieuse
BJ Islam
CH Christianisme et société
KBQ Amérique du Nord
NBE Anthropologie
NCC Éthique sociale
TK Époque contemporaine
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Résumé:This article endeavors to attend to the yoke of Afro-patriarchy, gender conflict, and faith in Black churches and in the pre-1975 Nation of Islam, challenging some recent arguments that disingenuously distinguish between patriarchy in Black churches and patriarchy in the Nation of Islam. The article examines the correlation between the gender politics of Malcolm X's early life and ministry and gender discrimination in Black churches, thereby suggesting continuity between Malik Shabazz's legacy and Black churches. Black nationalist liberation as promulgated by prophetic Black churches and the Nation of Islam generates a paradox, namely, that while they claim to employ justice-seeking methods on behalf of all Black people, they nevertheless embrace a white social construction of gender mythology that converts the justice-making impulse of Black nationalist liberation into death-dealing rhetoric and unjust ethical practices, especially as it relates to Black women.
ISSN:2165-5413
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5325/jafrireli.3.1.0130