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Tucker Edmonds argues that three non-mainstream, mid-20th-century religious movements are as central to affirming the Black body (both physical entity and metaphor) as those associated with Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement. He presumes readers are familiar with all three movements-Pentecostal Church of God in Christ, founded by Charles Mason; Father Divine's Peace Mission movement; and Albert Cleage's Shrine of the Black Madonna-and with key Black religious thinkers. Tucker Edmonds emphasizes Mason's opposition to war and advocacy of female leadership, Divine's calls for a non-racialized community (body), and Cleage's commitment to Black economic development. Recommended.

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Joseph L. Tucker Edmonds is assistant professor of religious studies and Africana studies at Indiana University’s School of Liberal Arts (IUPUI) and the Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture.

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