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9. The FBI and the Nation of Islam

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Illustrations vii
  4. Acknowledgments ix
  5. Introduction. “True Faith and Allegiance”— Religion and the FBI 1
  6. 1. American Religion and the Rise of Internal Security: A Prologue 17
  7. 2. “If God be for you, who can be against you?” Persecution and Vindication of the Church of God in Christ during World War I 32
  8. 3. The FBI and the Moorish Science Temple of America, 1926–1960 55
  9. 4. J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI, and the Religious Cold War 67
  10. 5. Apostles of Deceit: Ecumenism, Fundamentalism, Surveillance, and the Contested Loyalties of Protestant Clergy during the Cold War 85
  11. 6. The FBI and the Catholic Church 108
  12. 7. Hoover’s Judeo-Christians: Jews, Religion, and Communism in the Cold War 121
  13. 8. Policing Public Morality: Hoover’s FBI, Obscenity, and Homosexuality 134
  14. 9. The FBI and the Nation of Islam 148
  15. 10. Dreams and Shadows: Martin Luther King Jr., the FBI, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference 168
  16. 11. A Vast Infi ltration: Mormonism and the FBI 191
  17. 12. The FBI’s “Cult War” against the Branch Davidians 203
  18. 13. The FBI and American Muslims after September II 244
  19. 14. Policing Kashmiri Brooklyn 256
  20. 15. Allies against Armageddon? The FBI and the Academic Study of Religion 269
  21. Notes 291
  22. Index 341
The FBI and Religion
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780520962422-012

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Illustrations vii
  4. Acknowledgments ix
  5. Introduction. “True Faith and Allegiance”— Religion and the FBI 1
  6. 1. American Religion and the Rise of Internal Security: A Prologue 17
  7. 2. “If God be for you, who can be against you?” Persecution and Vindication of the Church of God in Christ during World War I 32
  8. 3. The FBI and the Moorish Science Temple of America, 1926–1960 55
  9. 4. J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI, and the Religious Cold War 67
  10. 5. Apostles of Deceit: Ecumenism, Fundamentalism, Surveillance, and the Contested Loyalties of Protestant Clergy during the Cold War 85
  11. 6. The FBI and the Catholic Church 108
  12. 7. Hoover’s Judeo-Christians: Jews, Religion, and Communism in the Cold War 121
  13. 8. Policing Public Morality: Hoover’s FBI, Obscenity, and Homosexuality 134
  14. 9. The FBI and the Nation of Islam 148
  15. 10. Dreams and Shadows: Martin Luther King Jr., the FBI, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference 168
  16. 11. A Vast Infi ltration: Mormonism and the FBI 191
  17. 12. The FBI’s “Cult War” against the Branch Davidians 203
  18. 13. The FBI and American Muslims after September II 244
  19. 14. Policing Kashmiri Brooklyn 256
  20. 15. Allies against Armageddon? The FBI and the Academic Study of Religion 269
  21. Notes 291
  22. Index 341
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