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The Aliites: Race and Law in the Religions of Noble Drew Ali
Contributor(s): Dew, Spencer (Author)
ISBN: 022664801X     ISBN-13: 9780226648019
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
OUR PRICE:   $31.68  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Islam - General
- Religion | Christian Living - Social Issues
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
Dewey: 297.87
LCCN: 2019005338
Series: Class 200: New Studies in Religion
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 248 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Islamic
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
 
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Publisher Description:
"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.

Contributor Bio(s): Dew, Spencer: - Spencer Dew is visiting assistant professor at Denison University and instructor in religious studies at the Ohio State University.