Nation of IslamAn American Millenarian Movement
| Author: | Lee, Martha | |
| Year: | 1989 | |
| Pages: | 163 | |
| ISBN: | 0-88946-853-2 978-0-88946-853-5 | |
| Price: | $159.95 + shipping | |
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An examination of the history and doctrine of the Nation of Islam in terms of black millenarianism: belief in an imminent, this-worldly, total salvation in which the white world and its oppressive political institutions would fall, after which the black millennium would rise from their ashes.
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". . . absorbing and clearly written . . . a timely and convincing account that sheds light on an important era in the history of African-American religion." - Religious Studies Review