ble spiritual and interpersonal growth. After his reconversion, or deepening conversion, in which he moved away from the nation of Islam toward traditional Islamic beliefs and practices, he experienced another phase of personal spiritual growth and psychological development.
Farrakhan's life seems to be characterized more by a steady state than by these surges of growth. While his early life was not an easy one, and he too acted out violently within the confines of his community, his life since his conversion to the Nation of Islam has not seen any radical surges of personal growth and spiritual development. Instead, he seems to have remained with many of the beliefs and assumptions he first learned, while r
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