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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-00611-7
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Religious & Theological Studies GRS
Body granting the degree
Boston University
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2014
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This dissertation addresses how from 1930 to 1980 two minority religious groups, the Nation of Islam and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), used food to express their separate and superior status as God's chosen people while at the same time engaging the values of broader American culture.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Religion; Black history; American history
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Agriculture;Food;Mormon;Nation of islam;Outsider;Religion