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Judith Weisenfeld @jlweisenfeld.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Submitted for publication by @uchicagopress.bsky.social in Fall 2027. Many thanks to @ahmadgreene.com for initiating the project and overseeing so much of the work. Stay tuned for work from an amazing group of contributors!

Manuscript title page for "Africana Religions in America and the Challenges of History," edited by Vaughn A. Booker, Ahmad Greene-Hayes, Judith Weisenfeld, Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh.

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

This is a fantastic interview in the Harvard Divinity School Bulletin with @xroadproj.bsky.social Research Fellow @ahmadgreene.com about his excellent book, *Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion Making in Jim Crow New Orleans.*

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Descending Into the Underworld

A Q&A with Ahmad Greene-Hayes on his new book Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion Making in Jim Crow New Orleans. By Janan Graham-Russell

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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Is anyone else mad at the fact that they have to pay federal taxes for bullshit they don't want? Like new ballrooms, the Gestapo, child torture, and human trafficking. I wanna pay for education, social services, UBI, and universal health care! I'm so gotdamn mad right now, I need to lie down.

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Judith Weisenfeld @jlweisenfeld.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

My department at Princeton is hiring a full-time lecturer in Asian Religions. Deadline: February 18. Expertise in Buddhism in East and Southeast Asia and ability to teach undergraudate courses on Chinese religions and on Great Books in Buddhism of interest. apply.interfolio.com/180148

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

A complete and total capitulation of an institution, a brand, the commitment to free speech, academic freedom, and dignity. This is unimaginably terrible. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...

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Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

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.

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your fave’s tour chaplain @allthingswhitneyb.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

CONGRATULATIONS, FRIEND! @ahmadgreene.com 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

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Harvard Divinity School @harvarddivinity.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

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

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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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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 07/07/2025

The em dash is HIGH LITERATURE. I am aghast at them coming for the em dash as an AI giveaway. Pry it from poets & fiction writers who write sentence-long paragraphs' dead hands!

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I love—em-dashes.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

People have no idea, not really, how this budget is about to wreck their very foundations.

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Joseph A Marchal @jamarchal.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

did you know how much religion shaped the Stonewall uprising? Read Ahmad Greene-Hayes’ stellar article on Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera in the inaugural issue of *QTR: A Journal of Trans & Queer Studies in Religion*! @ahmadgreene.com @dukepress.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/qtr/article/...

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 17/06/2025

Our summer reading book sale is still on today and tomorrow! Use code (or say to our bookseller irl) "SUMMERREADS" at checkout to get 20% off all books! Let us know in the comments what you're reading this summer 📚 🌞 #SummerReading #BookSale #RedEmmas

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

"Black applicants would, on average, need credit scores approximately 120 points higher than white applicants to receive the same approval rate, and about 30 points higher to receive the same interest rate."

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Judith Weisenfeld @jlweisenfeld.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

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

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Amita Swadhin (they/them) @amitaswadhin.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I’ll be in DC next Tuesday to co-host @mirrormemoirs.bsky.social ‘s film screening with our DC-based board members @queenadesuyi.bsky.social @ahmadgreene.com @its-mbwende.bsky.social at @festivalcenter.bsky.social - I hope to see our DMV community members there!

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

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.

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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...

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Judith Weisenfeld @jlweisenfeld.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I join the happy recipients of @ahmadgreene.com’s #underworldwork!

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

In the authoritarian year of 2025, I desperately want adults to be okay with me or anyone else not enjoying something that they enjoy. Amen.

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Emily D. Crews @emilydcrews.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Reading @ahmadgreene.com & Laura Helton this week in our Sacred Geographies course! We’ll focus on archives and collecting as forms of making/claiming/narrating/critiquing/embodying “the sacred.” Next week we visit Chi History Museum to engage archives & collections (& exhibits!) in person.

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Darius Amoré @dariusamore.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Everyone acted they asses off.

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SinnamonS @sinnamonscouture.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Natasha Rothwell Covers The New York Times Culture Pages

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Dread @dreadful4x.blacksky.app · 10/03/2025

You CANNOT financial literacy your way out of poverty. Poor ppl are financially literate. The system is just designed to keep their wages low and keep them poor by making others rich. A poor person enjoying uber eats ONCE a month to feel like they’re human is not the reason they’re poor. Stop.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The legendary Roberta Flack, who sang “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," “Killing Me Softly," "The Closer I Get to You," "Feel Like Making Love," and "Where Is The Love," has died at 88.

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Roberta Flack, ’70s R&B Vocalist Known for ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88

Roberta Flack, best known for her '70s hits 'Killing Me Softly' (later covered by the Fugees) and 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,' has died.

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

NEH introduces new prohibited categories to comply with executive orders. This is an infringement of academic freedom plain and simple, and also nonsense: what is “discriminatory equity ideology”

Screen shot, which reads, As required by the Administration’s Executive Orders, NEH awards may not be used for the following purposes: promotion of gender ideology;
promotion of discriminatory equity ideology;
support for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) or diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives or activities; or
environmental justice initiatives or activities.

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hurstonian @ahmadgreene.com · 23/02/2025

let me hit this gym. 💪🏾

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blacksuccess.bsky.social @blacksuccess.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Sometimes you don’t even know you’ve fallen into depression until you’re in it.

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NPR @npr.org · 20/02/2025

NPR host Adrian Ma's girlfriend, Kiah Duggins, was aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River. He spoke to NPR about that night and about his late girlfriend.

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NPR host Adrian Ma remembers his girlfriend who died in D.C. plane crash

NPR host Adrian Ma's girlfriend, Kiah Duggins, was aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River. He spoke to NPR about that night and about his late girlfriend.

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hurstonian @ahmadgreene.com · 12/02/2025

I forgot that I had an account for a minute but greetings and salutations 🤭👋🏾

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

taking a break from doom scrolling about the president to doom scroll about aviation safety

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All Up In Your YaYa @iben-jam-in.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Stay informed but protect your peace! 🫶🏾

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hurstonian @ahmadgreene.com · 26/01/2025

up way past my bedtime 🫠

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Nelba Márquez-Greene 🇵🇷 @nelbamg.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Please, please I beg you: In your coverage of immigration raids at schools especially: ensure your reporting does not put these same vulnerable communities at risk through your photographs and videos. They’re going to use those same images to identify people.

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hurstonian @ahmadgreene.com · 24/01/2025

I know one thing I’m not gon’ let this chaotic news cycle run me ragged.

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