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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · 18d

New projects and a teaching resources added to the Crossroads Project's online gallery at SPIRIT HOUSE! Designed by @mpgphd.bsky.social, the site features 37 original projects exploring Black religious histories, communities and cultures. 1/2

Visit the site: www.crossroads-spirithouse.org

Black and white image of a river baptism with the words SPIRIT HOUSE: A Crossroads Project added.

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · 18d

In addition to the new projects, SPIRIT HOUSE now features a teaching guide (linked below), also available in text form at the project site (crossroads.princeton.edu/resources/te...).
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SPIRIT HOUSE

SPIRIT HOUSE invests in and celebrates the richness and abundance of Black religions as they manifest through scholarly research, artistic expression, and community building.

www.crossroads-spirithouse.org

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · 18d

New projects and a teaching resources added to the Crossroads Project's online gallery at SPIRIT HOUSE! Designed by @mpgphd.bsky.social, the site features 37 original projects exploring Black religious histories, communities and cultures. 1/2

Visit the site: www.crossroads-spirithouse.org

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · Aug 28

We are excited to announce the 2025-2026 schedule for the @xroadproj.bsky.social's *Black Religion in the Americas Seminar,* which meets on select Fridays on Zoom. Free and open to faculty, graduate students, and interested members of the public. Registration required.

Black Religion in the Americas Seminar

The Crossroads Project’s Black Religion in the Americas Seminar explores topics in religions and cultures broadly and from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including anthropology, biography, cu...

crossroads.princeton.edu

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · Jul 19

Congratulations to the Journal of Africana Religions on @ahmadgreene.com's appointment as Managing Editor. The journal and field are fortunate to have such a stellar scholar involved in this work.

Harvard Divinity School @harvarddivinity.bsky.social · Jul 15

Dr. Ahmad Greene-Hayes (@ahmadgreene.com), Associate Professor of African American Religious Studies, is the new Managing Editor of the Journal of Africana Religions, a leading publication on African and African Diasporic religious traditions.

Read more: bit.ly/4lZG7qq

Ahmad Greene-Hayes Named New Managing Editor of the Journal of Africana Religions | Harvard Divinity School

Ahmad Greene-Hayes, Associate Professor of African American Religious Studies at HDS, has been named managing editor of the Journal of Africana Religions.

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · Jul 5

Revisit @xroadproj.bsky.social Arts Fellow @ashoncrawley.bsky.social's moving 2023 sound installation on the National Mall as part of an exhibit curated by the Mellon Foundation. You can learn more at our SPIRIT HOUSE site:
www.crossroads-spirithouse.org/crawley

In Monumental Art, Discover Untold Stories of America

YouTube video by Mellon Foundation

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Andre E. Johnson @aejohnsonphd.bsky.social · Jul 2

As we embark on our exciting journey as a newly established stand-alone center, our primary goal is to secure vital funding of $12,000 within the next three months.
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Donate Here

As we embark on our exciting journey as a newly established stand-alone center, our primary goal is to secure vital funding of $12,000 wi...

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · Jul 3

Congratulations to @xroadproj.bsky.social friends @jstuart.bsky.social and Eziaku Nwokocha on being selected for the next cohort of @csraac.bsky.social Young Scholars in American Religion!

Young Scholars in American Religion - Religion and American Culture

raac.indianapolis.iu.edu

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · Jun 26

There's still time to submit a proposal to share your work in our new seminar. The sessions will be virtual and open to colleagues, students, and interested members of the general public with registration.

The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · Apr 30

CFP: Crossroads Project Black Religion in the Americas Seminar

Deadline June 30, 2025

The seminar explores topics in religions and cultures broadly and from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, emphasizing understanding religion in history and society.

CFP: Black Religion in the Americas Seminar

2025-2026 Call for ProposalsDeadline for Submission: June 30, 2025The Crossroads Project’s Black Religion in the Americas Seminar explores topics in religions and cultures broadly and from a variety ...

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W. Caleb McDaniel @wcaleb.org · Jun 19

For Juneteenth, I published some newly (re)discovered evidence about the very first celebration of the holiday in 1866. Read more …

Photograph of some old, typed notes about a newspaper article from June 20, 1866

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · Jun 19

The Smithsonian Folkways site is a treasure trove of African American, African diaspora, and African religious music. For Juneteenth, Folkways recommends "Spirituals and Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast."

Spirituals and Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast | Smithsonian Folkways Recordingsicon-circle-playsvg-new-pause-buttonicon-circle-playsvg-new-pause-buttonicon-circle-playsvg-new-pause-buttonicon-circ...

Acclaimed upholders of the African American ring shout, the McIntosh County Shouters keep the faith, form, and fervor of the generations-old tradition rooted in their small community of coastal Georgi...

folkways.si.edu

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · Jun 19

An interview with Kevin Sack about his new book on the history of Charleston's Mother Emanuel AME.

More than a massacre: How an outsider captured Mother Emanuel's legacy

(RNS) — In 'Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church,' journalist Kevin Sack offers perspective on the historic Black church, beyond the 2015 murder ...

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · Jun 18

We're so glad to have this video from the Africana Islamic Social Sciences and Humanities Association of the May conference, "In the Shadow of Malcolm X," held in Dakar, Senegal to mark Malcolm's 100th birthday.

In The Shadow of Malcolm X

YouTube video by LIL BUZZ DirectOr

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · Jun 13

Read about the work of @xroadproj.bsky.social Community Stories Fellow KB Dennis Meade's undergraduate research assistant, Atarah Israel. Israel worked with Dennis Meade and Khytie Brown on their documentary *Crossing the Kalunga Line.*

Buffett Q&A: Reflections from Our Inaugural Buffett Undergraduate Research Fellows : Buffett Institute for Global Affairs - Northwestern University

Read insights from four Northwestern undergraduate and graduate students who attended COP29 through the Buffett Institute's support.

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Judith Weisenfeld @judithweisenfeld.com · May 30

So great to read @mpgphd.bsky.social's conversation with @ahmadgreene.com about his new book, *Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion Making in Jim Crow New Orleans,* which is a game-changer. #AfAmReligion

Religion Dispatches @religiondispatches.org · May 30

senior editor @mpgphd.bsky.social talks underworlding and Zora Neale Hurston with the brilliant @ahmadgreene.com in the latest edition of Phoning It In!

religiondispatches.org/phoning-it-i...

Phoning It In: (Re)making Race and Religion in Zora Neale Hurston’s New Orleans Underworld

Welcome to “Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and busy but also like to learn about new books! I’m claiming to have made up this game, but if you’ve ever showed up for class wit...

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · May 24

There are lots of #AfAmReligion books available for review on Reading Religion, and grad students are welcome to review. Here are a few:

Ahmad Greene-Hayes, *Underworld Work*
Kai Parker, *City of Black Souls*
Alphonso Saville, *The Gospel of John Marrant*
Danielle Boaz, *Voodoo*

Home - Reading Religion

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · May 24

A review by Amber Lowe: "Theology Meets Southern Gothic Horror in Ryan Coogler's *Sinners*."

Theology Meets Southern Gothic Horror in Ryan Coogler’s "Sinners" - Reading Religion

The title Sinners invites a theological reading. Who are the sinners, and what is sin? In a world where whiteness proclaims itself as salvation, Remmick’s declaration—“I am the way”—parodies Christian...

readingreligion.org

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · May 15

@xroadproj.bsky.social Graduate Fellow Kim Akano has been part of the team working to launch the new journal *Global Black Studies.* Read her interview with the journal’s editor, Keisha Blain.

The Launch of Global Black Thought: A New Journal from Penn Press - AAIHS

After two years of planning and preparation, the new AAIHS journal Global Black Thought has officially launched! Published by the University of Pennsylvania Press, Global Black Thought is devoted to t...

www.aaihs.org

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · May 14

@xroadproj.bsky.social Media and Technology Consultant, and Religion Dispatches editor @mpgphd.bsky.social
has written about MOVE as American religion on this 40th anniversary of the city of Philadelphia's bombing of the group.

Remembering ‘MOVE' as American religion on the 40th anniversary of Philadelphia bombing its own residents

Forty years ago today, the city of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on itself. The city of Philadelphia let that fire burn for more than a day while firetrucks and firefighters stood watching the flames d...

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · May 13

‘Sinners’ opens a new conversation about Black religion in film

(RNS) — As the conflict in the hit film ‘Sinners’ unfolds, it deftly interrogates the role of religion within the Black community.

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · May 13

@xroadproj.bsky.social Director @judithweisenfeld.com's work is featured in a Religion News Service interview.

RNS @rns.org · May 12

Princeton University scholar Judith Weisenfeld has long studied the role of religion and race in America — but it wasn’t until recently that she discovered their historical and troubling intersection with psychiatry.

Author Judith Weisenfeld unpacks historic links between religion, race and psychiatry

(RNS) — Psychiatrists in the late 19th century were ‘lending the authority of medicine to pathologize one of the central sources of community and connection and ability to survive,’ she said.

religionnews.com

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RNS @rns.org · May 13

Just 1 week until RNS’ free virtual event with Episcopal Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe, legal expert Liz Reiner Platt and the Rev. Carlos Malavé! Register now at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · May 13

‘Timestamp on our minds’: Philadelphia marks 1985 Move bombing that killed 11

Police bombing targeting Black liberation group ignited fire that killed 11, including five children, and burned 61 houses

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Timestamp on our minds’: Philadelphia marks 1985 Move bombing that killed 11

Police bombing targeting Black liberation group ignited fire that killed 11, including five children, and burned 61 houses

www.theguardian.com

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RNS @rns.org · May 10

OPINION: In his inclusion of hoodoo, writer and director Ryan Coogler expands the spiritual landscape of "Sinners" beyond the Christian context and presents the lived and historical complexity of religious identity in Black America.
religionnews.com/2025/05/07/s...

‘Sinners’ opens a new conversation about Black religion in film

(RNS) — As the conflict in the hit film ‘Sinners’ unfolds, it deftly interrogates the role of religion within the Black community.

religionnews.com

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · May 4

Congratulations to @xroadproj.bsky.social research fellow @ahmadgreene.com on *Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion Making in Jim Crow New Orleans,* which will be published by the University of Chicago Press on May 6.

The book is shipping now.

Underworld Work

A rethinking of African American religious history that focuses on the development and evolution of Africana spiritual traditions in Jim Crow New Orleans. When Zora Neale Hurston traveled to New Orl...

press.uchicago.edu

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