"Money, Good Homes, and Friendship": Thrift and Salvation in Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam

A study of thrift in the Nation of Islam refines our understanding of the frugality discourse by focusing on eschatology rather than personal piety. Thrift for Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation from 1934 until 1975, constituted the means not to reform society but to overthrow it and usher in the...

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Main Author: Saunders, Nathan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Creighton University 2023
In: The journal of religion & society
Year: 2023, Volume: 25, Pages: 1-16
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