New Perspectives on the Nation of Islam [Hardcover]

New Perspectives on the Nation of Islamcontributes to the ongoing dialogue about the nature and influence of the Nation of Islam (NOI), bringing fresh insights to areas that have previously been overlooked in the scholarship of Elijah Muhammads NOI, the Imam W.D. Mohammed community and Louis Farrakhans Resurrected NOI. Bringing together contributions that explore the formation, practices, and influence of the NOI, this volume problematizes the history of the movement, its theology, and relationships with other religious movements. Contributors offer a range of diverse perspectives, making connections between the ideology of the NOI and gender, dietary restrictions and foodways, the internationalization of the movement, and the civil rights movement. This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current scholarship on the Nation of Islam, and will be relevant to scholars of American religion and history, Islamic studies, and African American Studies.

1 Introduction

Dawn-Marie Gibson and Herbert Berg

2 A Superb Sales Force...The Men of Muhammad : The Nation of Islam, Black Masculinity, and Selling Muhammad Speaks in the Black Power Era

DWeston L. Haywood

3 Ebony Muhammads Hurt2Healing Magazine and Contemporary Nation Women

Dawn-Marie Gibson

4 The Crescent Moon and the Carceral State: The Nation of Islam and the Legal Battle for the Right to Assemble

Seneca Vaught

5 Eat to Live: Culinary Nationalism and Black Capitalism in Elijah Muhammads Nation of Islam

Mary Potorti

6 Was it a Nine days Wonder? A Note on the Proselytisation Efforts of the Nation of Islam in Ghana, c. 1980s-2010

De-Valera N.Y.M. Botchway anlÃ&