Early twentieth century new Black religious movements in the United States / Darrius D. Hills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hills, Darrius D'wayne, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in new religious movements, 2635-232X.

Cambridge elements. Elements in new religious movements, 2635-232X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Religion--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Cults--United States--History--20th century.

Cults.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (65 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

African American religions include faith orientations that incorporate and deviate from Afro-Protestantism. Yet, contemporary scholarship in religious studies is always bolstered by any supplementary work that examines the plethora of 'extrachurch' orientations that Black communities adopt in their varied pursuits of truth, transcendence, and ultimacy. In this vein, it is necessary to recognize the emergence of powerful alternative religious movements that provided spiritual and theological sustenance for the expression of Black faith. This Element offers an historical overview of four of these traditions: Conjure and Spiritualism, the Nation of Islam, the Moorish Science Temple of America, and African American varieties of New Thought. It explores the social and cultural factors in American society and American race relations that bolstered their emergence and considers the impact such movements had and continue to have on ideas about Black selfhood, Black religious authority, and the sacrality of Black bodies.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Early Twentieth Century New Black Religious Movements in the United States

Contents

Introduction - Black Religion and Identity Negotiation in America

1 African American Conjure and Spiritualist Traditions

Africans Were Not Religious Tabula Rasa

Interruptions and New Creations

Conjure and Spiritualism as Pragmatic Religiosity

Conclusion

2 "Negroes" No More: Religio-Racial Reframing in the Nation of Islam

Yakubian Lore and Liberation: The NOI's Theology of Race

Black Bodies as Black Temples: Ritual Considerations

3 Good Moors, Good Americans: Race and Citizenry in the Moorish Science Temple of America

Aliite Theology and Race

Citizenship Is Salvation: Aliites and Americanism

4 Holy Race(less) Angels: Father Divine and the International Peace Mission Movement

God Dwells Within: Father Divine and New Thought

Angelic Heavens: Race, Sex, and Community in the Peace Mission Movement

Conclusion - Reading Blackness Rightly: The Impact of New Religious Movements on Black Selfhood

References

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-009-53450-5

1-009-53449-1

OCLC:

1550791260