Demystifying God Remastered by Shahidi Islam is a guide that redefines theology as a system of law that governs conduct, organization, and continuity. Islam says that Allah is not a belief figure, but the operation of interaction observed across nature and social life. From that position, Islam treats knowledge as binding and public in effect. He talks about identity carrying responsibility and how unstructured belief produces submission to existing systems. Islam uses extensive and referable historical analysis to show how theology has always shaped authority and social order, later speaking on how divinity must appear through discipline, reproduction, education, and governance. Islam champions rejecting inherited religious frameworks that externalize power, calling for a Black theocratic order grounded in Godbody law, collective accountability, and conscious self-administration.

Demystifying God Remastered: Redefining Black Theology in the Age of iGod Shahidi by Shahidi Islam is a powerhouse of a book that, despite its size, is refreshingly comfortable to follow. Islam writes with strong, intelligent prose, using analogies, like the recurring forest analogy, to help readers recognize direction across subject matter, so movement from areas like physics to politics never feels scattered. I love that Islam places instruction inside lineage, naming teachers and movements to show knowledge as something carried through Black hands, not invented in isolation. It is clear that Islam is educated in theology, and has exhaustively researched the Nation of Gods and Earths, particularly in the reclamation of Black divinity as inherited reality. Islam does well in making these ideas into tools, where theology is converted into plans for schools, discipline, and collective organization. Very highly recommended.

The search by Black people for both identity and liberation is the central theme of Demystifying God Remastered by Shahidi Islam. The author ponders the future of Black theology in America today. He points out that Black Nationalism has two forms - revolutionary or reformist. He promotes revolutionary Islam, but without advocating terrorism. He identifies six categorical systems: Black divinity, Black revolutionism, Black eroticism, Black astralsim, Black demodernisation, and Black syndicalism. These comprise the Godbody ideology that he teaches. For readers unfamiliar with the term, Godbody is the name given to members of an urban, black empowerment movement called the Five Percenters. They believe that the original people on earth were Black and are potentially the embodiment of Allah. Although culturally Muslim, their beliefs are not limited to Islam. Surprisingly, the author is a practising Catholic.

Shahidi Islam's Demystifying God Remastered forms volume 2 of the Shahidi Collection, focusing on social mechanics. He brings together psychology, sociology, and theology, extending these into Black liberation and their future prosperity. Other topics include the psychic senses, physics, understanding Allah, universal laws, the formation and origin of the universe, time, feminism, and sexuality. The book is highly technical, and by the author’s admission, complicated. He turns to sacred texts and science to assess the place of the Black person in the world, drawing on ancient Black civilizations in Africa. This work underscores the deep divide between races and religions. Understandably, the book dwells heavily on the injustices of the past. At times, it uses terminology that may be unfamiliar to readers, with some complex mathematics. The writing style is hard-hitting and direct. The opinions expressed may not appeal to all readers and are written for those of similar affiliations. It should thus be approached with an open mind. An extensive bibliography is included to round off an intriguing and, at times, controversial book.