Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960-1975

“Fair minded and thought provoking, this study provides easy-to-digest encapsulations of the Nation of Islam’s history and teachings. It is a first-rate book with contemporary, transnational, and geopolitical relevance.” — William L. Van Deburg, University of Wisconsin-Madison

“Curtis makes a valuable addition to the scholarship on the Nation of Islam and to African American religious history more generally. This book is well written and well researched, and makes a careful and fully convincing argument that ordinary members of the Nation of Islam experienced their participation in the Nation as a religious activity, and not only a political or ideological engagement.” — Melani McAlister, George Washington University

“This text is a 'must-read' for those interested in religion in America, black studies, Islam in America, and the Nation of Islam.” — Journal of Religion

“A 'must-read' for those interested in religion in America, black studies, Islam in America, and the Nation of Islam.” — Journal of American History

“This is a groundbreaking and excellent study of the religious life of the Nation of Islam.” — ##American Historical Review#

“Provides heretofore unexplored discourse on how Black Muslims perceived, understood, and validated their practice of religion and connected it to traditional Islam between 1960 and 1975.” — -Journal of the American Academy of Religion

“A fresh, new perspective on the Nation of Islam (NOI) by adopting a religious-studies approach that focuses specfically on religious ritual, ethics, doctrine, and narrative. . . . An important book and it should become a standard text on this small but hotly debated religious movement.” — Michigan Historical Review

“An important contribution to the scholarship of a part of the first phase of the Nation of Islam’s history.” — CHOICE