On the Spiritual Geography of Black Working-Class Washington
In 1946, University of Chicago-trained anthropologist and religionist James Sydney Slotkin conducted a course in the anthropology and sociology department
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Candomblé, Afro-Brazilian Women, and African Religiosity in Brazil
While prejudicial, racial, and discriminatory ideologies of religious exceptionalism in regards to African spirituality persist even today (as many still
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The History of Black Evangelicals and American Politics
During the 2016 presidential election cycle, pundits and pollsters discussed the “evangelical” vote and whether the Republican candidate—a twice-divorced casino
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The Signifyin(g) Saint: Encoding Homoerotic Intimacy in Black Harlem
On June 25, 1942, Edward Atkinson arrived at 101 Central Park West to sit for a photo shoot in the
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Resisting Racism and Islamophobia: Lessons from Muslim Slave Narratives
The highly contested executive order that sought to deny citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries entry into the United States has
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