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Shahidi Islam

Shahidi Islam (born 1982) is a godbody theologian and former member of the Brooklyn, New York Crips as O.G. Foot-C Loc. Islam is also a member of the Society for the Study of Theology and has published several theological works during his time as one.

Biography

Shahidi Islam was born Anthony Lloyd Saunders to Laurelle and Lloyd Saunders in London, England on 2 March, 1982. The young Saunders was interested in God from his early childhood, ever since his mother read to him Bible stories growing up. Back then he would even preach the gospel to his young friends hoping to convince them of the greatness of God. God became a key ally in Saunders’ endeavours as his family moved to Brooklyn, New York in America. He joined the choir of his local church and seemed set for a life of serving Jesus. However, it turned out that Saunders instead got seduced by the street life, joined the local super-gang and did time in prison for assault with a deadly weapon, eventually getting deported back to his native London.

Luckily for Saunders his older sister Diane Saunders had already moved back to London and provided him with the assistance he needed to find accommodation. At that time Saunders had a nervous breakdown and a psychotic episode. This would affect him for the rest of his life, creating great paranoia and depression. When Saunders was released from the psychiatric ward he began to study sociology. He also joined the godbody movement, an African American movement based on cultural Islam, and began the process of changing his name to Shahidi Islam. He also began publishing books under his former name as he had not yet completed the formal name change. Islam, however, abandoned getting a degree and dropped out of the University of London in the hopes of pursuing a career in theology and book writing. After dropping out Islam formally changed his name, and three years after that he joined the Society for the Study of Theology and began teaching his godbody theology to those people and groups he knew through former endeavours.

Bibliography

Black Divinity: Institutes of the Black Theocracy Shahidi Collection Vol 1 (2019, Global Summit House).

The Black Threat Theodicy: And the New Face of Black Theology (2020, Global Summit House).

Black Divinity: Institutes of the Black Thearchy Shahidi Collection Vol 1 (2023, Divine Black People Ltd).

The Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism of the Apostle Paul: Constructive Considerations for a Ghetto Theology Black Divinity Series Vol 1 (2024, Divine Black People Ltd).

Eschatological Judgments: A New Black Theology of the End Times Black Divinity Series Vol 2 (2024, Divine Black People Ltd).

A Godbody Theology of the First Resurrection: And the Revival of Afrosensuality Black Divinity Series Vol 3 (2024, Divine Black People Ltd).

Demystifying God: Redefining Black Theology in the Age of iGod Shahidi Collection Vol 2 (2024, Divine Black People Ltd).

Towards a Black Thearchy: A Godbody Ecclesiology of the Early Gnostic Movement Black Divinity Series Vol 4 (2024, Divine Black People Ltd).

On Cultural Islam: A Godbody Sociology of 1990s Black America Shahidi Collection Vol 3 (2024, Divine Black People Ltd).

References

1. Aduna, Eduardo (2020); Readers' Favorite Review.
2. Avina, Anthony (2020); Pacific Books Review.

See also

Society for the Study of Theology, The Five-Percent Nation

External links

Website