Metaphysical Africa - Truth and Blackness in the Ansaru Allah Community

Describes the Ansaru Allah Community/Nubian Islamic Hebrews (AAC/NIH), a 1970s religious movement in Brooklyn that spread, in part, through the production and dissemination of literature and lecture tapes. Tracks the development of AAC/NIH discourse to reveal surprising consistency and coherence behind the appearance of serial reinvention.

About the author

Michael Muhammad Knight is Assistant Professor of Religion and Cultural Studies at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of thirteen books, including most recently Muhammad: Forty Introductions.

Summary

Describes the Ansaru Allah Community/Nubian Islamic Hebrews (AAC/NIH), a 1970s religious movement in Brooklyn that spread, in part, through the production and dissemination of literature and lecture tapes. Tracks the development of AAC/NIH discourse to reveal surprising consistency and coherence behind the appearance of serial reinvention.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Muhammad Knight, Michael Muhammad (Assistant Professor of Philosophy Knight, Knight Michael Muhammad
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2020
• EAN: 9780271087092
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08709-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 145 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Africana Religions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Islamic & Arabic philosophy