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Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960-1975

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ISBN-10: 0807857718

ISBN-13: 9780807857717

Edition: 2006

Authors: Edward E. Curtis, Edward E. Curtis

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Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam came to America's attention in the 1960s and 1970s as a radical separatist African American social and political group. But the movement was also a religious one. Edward E. Curtis IV offers the first comprehensive examination of the Nation of Islam's rituals, ethics, theologies, and religious narratives, showing how the movement combined elements of Afro-Eurasian Islamic traditions with African American traditions to create a new form of Islamic faith. Considering everything from bean pies to religious cartoons, clothing styles to prayer rituals, Curtis explains how the practice of Islam in the movement included the disciplining and purifying of the black…    
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Book details

List price: $32.50
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 10/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English