In and out of this world: material and extraterrestrial bodies in the nation of Islam
"With In and Out of This World Stephen C. Finley examines the religious practices and discourses that have shaped the Nation of Islam (NOI) in America. Drawing on the speeches and writing of figures including Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, Warith Deen Muhammad, and Louis Farrakhan, Finley shows th...
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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Durham London
Duke University Press
2022
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| In: | Jahr: 2022 |
| Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift: | Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people
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| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
USA
/ Black Muslims
/ Person of Color
/ Leiblichkeit
/ Religionsausübung
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion AZ Neue Religionen BJ Islam KBQ Nordamerika |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global)
B Religion / Islam / General B Black people (America) Religion History B African American Muslims History B Islam (United States) History B African Americans Religion History B Muslims (United States) History |
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| Zusammenfassung: | "With In and Out of This World Stephen C. Finley examines the religious practices and discourses that have shaped the Nation of Islam (NOI) in America. Drawing on the speeches and writing of figures including Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, Warith Deen Muhammad, and Louis Farrakhan, Finley shows that the NOI and its leaders used multiple religious symbols, rituals, and mythologies meant to recast the meaning of the cosmos and create new transcendent and immanent black bodies whose meaning cannot be reduced to products of racism. Whether examining how the myth of Yakub helped Elijah Muhammad explain the violence directed at black bodies, how Malcolm X made black bodies in the NOI publicly visible, or the ways Farrakhan's discourses on his experiences with the Mother Wheel UFO organize his interpretation of black bodies, Finley demonstrates that the NOI intended to retrieve, reclaim, and reform black bodies in a context of antiblack violence"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1478016132 |