The Aliites : Race and Law in the Religions of Noble Drew Ali /

"Citizenship is salvation," preached Noble Drew Ali, leader of the Moorish Science Temple of America in the early twentieth century. Ali's message was an aspirational call for black Americans to undertake a struggle for recognition from the state, one that would both ensure protection...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dew, Spencer (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2019]
Colección:Class 200: New Studies in Religion
Temas:
African Americans > United States > Religion.
Religion and law > United States.
RELIGION / General.
Citizenship.
Law.
Moorish Science Temple of America.
Noble Drew Ali.
Nuwaubian Yamassee.
Race.
Religion.
Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: "To Be Law-Abi ders and Good Citizens
  • 1. E pluribus unum: Drew Ali's Democratic Theology
  • 2. Stars in Relation to Stars: Aliite Sovereignty in Politics and Law
  • 3. Annuit coeptis: Recognition, Authority, and Law
  • 4. Beneath the Wings and the Shadow of the Eagle: Aliite Sovereignty and the Power of the State
  • 5. The All-Seeing Eye: Display and Surveillance
  • 6. The Unfinished Pyramid: Knowledge and the Legal
  • 7. Novus ordo seclorum: Experiments in Reordering Society
  • Conclusion: Aliite Faith in American Citizenship
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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