C. Eric Lincoln was a scholar of African American religion, and this academic book, published by Beacon Press, was the first major scholarly study of the Nation of Islam, based on Lincoln's own direct research and access to the movement during its formative mid twentieth century growth under Elijah Muhammad. Its strength is genuine early access and documentation of the movement at a period when it was not otherwise well studied academically, giving it lasting standing as a primary scholarly record. Its limit is its age, describing the Nation of Islam as it stood at the time of Lincoln's research, so the movement's later splits, changes in leadership and doctrine, and the broader African American Muslim community's subsequent development all need separate, more current sources to cover.
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C. Eric Lincoln's foundational scholarly study of the Nation of Islam in America, covering its distinctive doctrine such as the identification of Master Fard Muhammad and the teaching of Elijah Muhammad as the Messenger of God; its doctrine diverges sharply from mainstream Sunni and Shia Islam on points such as the finality of prophethood, so it should not be read as representative of Islam generally. NotesC. Eric Lincoln's foundational scholarly study of the Nation of Islam in America, covering its distinctive doctrine such as the identification of Master Fard Muhammad and the teaching of Elijah Muhammad as the Messenger of God. Use for established historical and doctrinal facts about the Nation of Islam specifically; a focused study of this one movement, and its doctrine diverges sharply from mainstream Sunni and Shia Islam on points such as finality of prophethood, so it should not be read as representative of Islam generally.
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AuthorC. Eric Lincoln
PublisherBeacon Press, Boston
Publication Year1961
URLhttps://archive.org/details/blackmuslimsinam00linc
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Elijah Muhammad directly: "mid twentieth century growth under Elijah Muhammad."
This source names Muhammad directly: "d twentieth century growth under Elijah Muhammad. Its strength is genuine early access a"
This source names Nation of Islam directly: "the first major scholarly study of the Nation of Islam, based on Lincoln's own direct research and access to the movement during its formative mid twentieth century growth under Elijah Muhammad."
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- Beliefs & Restrictions, 13 claims: 11 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Scriptures & Texts, 12 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Doctrines, 11 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 critiqued Here, 2 held Differently, 4 general references.
- Sources, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 3 holds.
- Denominations, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
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