Malcolm X
From Political Eschatology to Religious Revolutionary
Description
Spurred by the commitment to continue the critical work that Malcolm X began, this volume analyizes the enduring significance of his life, work, and religious philosophy. Bringing together thirteen different scholars from six different countries, Malcolm X: From Political Escataology to Religious Revolutionary demonstrates why Malcolm X is still vitally important fifty years after his death.
Author Bios
Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. (2016), Michigan State University, is Professor of Humanities at Olivet College, where he teaches religion, philosophy and Arabic. He has published monographs and articles on both Islam and Critical Theory, including Ayatollah Khomeini and the Anatomy of the Islamic Revolution in Iran: Toward a Theory of Prophetic Charisma (University Press of America, 2011) and A Critique of Ayn Rand’s Philosophy of Religion: The Gospel According to John Galt (Lexington Books, 2015).
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Publication date: December 5, 2017
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction
Dustin J. Byrd and Seyed Javad Miri
Malcolm X as Religious Peripatetic
William David Hart
On the Dialectical Evolution of Malcolm X’s Anti-Capitalist Critique: Interrogating His Political Philosophy of Black Nationalism
John H. McClendon III and Stephen C. Ferguson II
Malcolm X and Revolutionary Religion: Christianity, Islam and their Emancipatory Potentials
Dustin J. Byrd
Malcolm X and the Meccan Epistle
Seyed Javad
Malcolm X - a Martyr of Freedom
Rudolf J. Siebert
“The Enemy of My Enemy”: Malcolm X and the Legacy of John Brown
Louis A. DeCaro, Jr.
Malcolm X, Alatas and Critical Theory
Syed Farid Alatas
Malcolm X: Message to Humanity
John Andrew Morrow
Malik al-Shabazz’s Practice of Self-Liberation
Emin Poljarevic
From Malcolm X to Generation Y: The African American Muslim Community after 1965
Bethany Beyyette
From Hell to Heaven: The Malcolm X Narrative of Muslim Artists. The Meaning of his Life in Relation to the Doctrine of Predestination for British and American Performing Artists in the 21th Century
Yolanda van Tilborgh
Rationalization of Malcolm X’s Religious Understandings, Political Perspectives and Organizational Objectives
Nuri Tinaz
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