The Aliites : race and law in the religions of Noble Drew Ali / Spencer Dew

Preface: Dialing in to contemporary American religion -- Introduction: "To be law-abiders and good citizens": Drew Ali's "Divine and National Movement" -- E pluribus unum: Drew Ali's democratic theology -- Stars in relation to stars: Aliite sovereignty in politics and law -- Annuit coeptis: recognition, authority, and law -- Beneath the wings and the shadow of the eagle: Aliite sovereignty and the power of the state -- The all-seeing eye: display and surveillance -- The unfinished pyramid: knowledge and the legal -- Novus ordo seclorum: experiments in reordering society -- Conclusion: Aliite faith in American citizenship.