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The Aliites: Race and Law in the Religions of Noble Drew Ali (Class 200: New Studies in Religion) - Tapa blanda

Dew, Spencer

 
9780226648019: The Aliites: Race and Law in the Religions of Noble Drew Ali (Class 200: New Studies in Religion)
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ISBN 10: 022664801X ISBN 13: 9780226648019
Editorial: University of Chicago Press, 2019

Sinopsis

“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 for all Americans through rights guaranteed by the law and correct the unjust implementation of law that prevailed in the racially segregated United States. Ali and his followers took on this mission of citizenship as a religious calling, working to carve out a place for themselves in American democracy and to bring about a society that lived up to what they considered the sacred purpose of the law.

In The Aliites, Spencer Dew traces the history and impact of Ali’s radical fusion of law and faith. Dew uncovers the influence of Ali’s teachings, including the many movements they inspired. As Dew shows, Ali’s teachings demonstrate an implicit yet critical component of the American approach to law: that it should express our highest ideals for society, even if it is rarely perfect in practice. Examining this robustly creative yet largely overlooked lineage of African American religious thought, Dew provides a window onto religion, race, citizenship, and law in America.

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Spencer Dew is visiting assistant professor at Denison University.

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Editorial
University of Chicago Press
Año de publicación
2019
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
022664801X
ISBN 13 
9780226648019
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
250
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