CO-SPONSORED SESSION: Afro-American Religious History Unit and Religion and Sexuality Unit

We seek papers on African-American religion and so called “illicit” practices, specifically: 

• Black religious communities, carceral systems, and the (de)criminalization of recreational substance use; 
• Histories of African-American religion and narcotic use, broadly configured (ritual, recreational, medicinal, etc.); 
• Black religious communities and religious activism in relation to the history of other practices criminalized or deemed illicit, especially sex work, pornography, and other practices related to religion and sexuality.