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 such as Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, Warith Deen Mohammad, and Louis Farrakhan, Finley shows that the N...

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Auteur principal: Finley, Stephen C. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Durham Duke University Press 2022
Dans:Année: 2022
Collection/Revue:Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People 47
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B USA / Black Muslims / Gens de couleur / Corporalité / Pratique religieuse
Sujets non-standardisés:B Généraux / Islam / Religion
B Black people (America) Religion History
B African American Muslims History
B African Americans Religion History
B Islam (United States) History
B Muslims (United States) History
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Résumé: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 such as Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, Warith Deen Mohammad, 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
ISBN:1478023414
Accès:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9781478023418