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African Diaspora Religions, African Religions, Afro-American Religious History, Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Unit, Women and Religion Unit, Women of Color Scholarship, Teaching, and Activism Unit
Call for Proposals
Engaging Diaspora Religions Through Literature, Storytelling or Archival Narratives
Our units propose a panel focused on literature, poetry, orality, and archival sources related to African, African Diaspora, or Afro-American religions. Iconic texts from authors such as Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, Gloria Anzaldua, and Gloria Naylor, among others, engage with faith, spirituality, embodiment, ancestrality, mourning, fellowship, borders/border crossings, and other issues, questions, and challenges. We invite papers that explore the power dynamics reflected in such texts, the provenance of the same, and the benefits and challenges of working with these kinds of sources. Do we understand and interpret faith differently depending on whether we rely on oral history or literature? Do archives permit access to faith?
Sponsors
Chairs
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David Amponsah, University of Pennsylvania1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Scott Barton, University of Notre Dame1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Vaughn Booker, University of Pennsylvania1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Melanie Jones, Union Presbyterian Seminary1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Sailaja Krishnamurti, Queen’s University, Kingston1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Georgette Ledgister, Harvard University1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Boyung Lee, Iliff School of Theology1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Valerie Miles-Tribble, Berkeley School of Theology1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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K. Christine Pae, Denison University1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Deborah Rogers, Other1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Nicole Turner, Princeton University1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Carol Marie Webster, Independent Scholar1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
Steering Committee Members
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Andrea Allen, University of Toronto1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Elyse Ambrose, University of California, Riverside1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Ruth Amwe, Princeton Theological Seminary1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Emilia Bachrach, Oberlin College and Conservatory1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Kijan Bloomfield, Columbia University1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Judith Casselberry, Bowdoin College1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Ashley Coleman Taylor, University of Texas1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Meredith Coleman-Tobias, Mount Holyoke College1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Matthew Cressler, College of Charleston1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Sara Fretheim, University of Munster1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Teresa L. Fry Brown, Emory University1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Jessie Fubara-Manuel, University of Edinburgh1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Ahmad Greene-Hayes, Harvard University1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Juliane Hammer, University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Christine Hong, Columbia Theological Seminary1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Elana Jefferson-Tatum, Tufts University1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Neonu Jewell, Union Theological Seminary1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Malene Minor Johnson, Case Western Reserve University1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Candace M. Laughinghouse, Chicago Theological Seminary1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Tamara Lewis, Southern Methodist University1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Cona Marshall, University of Rochester1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Eboni Marshall Turman, Yale University1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Tracy McEwan, University of Newcastle, Australia1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Laura McTighe, Florida State University1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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AnneMarie Mingo, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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David Ngong, Stillman College1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Ayodeji Ogunnaike, University of Virginia1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Oluwatomisin Oredein, Brite Divinity School1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Sheila Otieno, Boston University1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Lorena Parrish, Wesley Theological Seminary1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Nichole Phillips, Emory University1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Hilary Scarsella, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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B. Yuki Schwartz, Claremont School of Theology1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Joseph Stuart, Brigham Young University1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Shazetta Thompson-Hill, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Alexia Williams, University of Illinois1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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JungJa Joy Yu, Claremont Graduate University1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
Method
Review Process
Proposals are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members during review, but visible to chairs prior to final acceptance or rejection