Garveyism as a Religious Movement: The Institutionalization of a Black Civil Religion

By Randall K. Burkett

Book Overview

Examines the religious dimensions of an early twentieth century black power movement, the universal Negro Improvement Association, whose founder, Marcus Garvey, is here regarded as a religious thinker self-consciously endeavoring to construct their historical experience as a people.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810811634
• ISBN13: 9780810811638
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.8"