In today’s post, Mickell Carter, an editorial assistant at Global Black Thought (the official journal of AAIHS), interviews Vanessa Charlot about her new article, "In the Shadow of Cotton and Blood: B...

Leveraging historic preservation as a tool for equity and reconciliation and celebrating historic Black churches as centers of heritage, community, and cultural life.

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

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

(The Conversation) — More than 100 Black churches across the South were targeted from the 1950s-70s. Another wave of violence followed in the ‘90s – and there have been attacks in recent years, too.

American Crossroads: Stories of African American Spiritual Foundings

Considering applying? Join Crossroads Project Director Judith Weisenfeld on Zoom for an information session about the American Crossroads grants. Monday, August 3, 20265:00pm - 6:00pm Eastern

An innovative work that explores the relationship between the Black church, the Hammond organ, and the musicians that bring it to life., From Infinite World, The Sound of the Hammond Organ and the Tra...

Visiting Scholar – Call for Applications The Center for the Study of Religion at The Ohio State University is pleased to announce the continuation of our short-term visiting scholar program.

A conference at Princeton University featuring presentations by Crossroads Project Fellows who contributed to SPIRIT HOUSE. Participants include:Shamara Wylie AlhassanKim AkanoCharrise BarronAnthea Bu...

The Crossroads Project: Black Religious Histories, Communities, and Cultures, led by Judith Weisenfeld, Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor and housed in Princeton University’s Center for Cult...

University of South Florida

From generations of spiritual leaders and community builders to countless congregants, the walls of Missionary Union Baptist Church hold more than a century of history.

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

The history of faith in the African American community is not only about individual faith but also serves as a counter to the racism of religious communities in America.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches tapped into a Black musical tradition that animated the Civil Rights Movement, says Ambre Dromgoole, assistant professor of Africana religions and music.

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

Faith and Justice in the City: The Black Religion Summit and New Directions in Muslim and Christian Shared Community Organizing

The Gordon Parks Foundation permanently preserves the work of Gordon Parks, makes it available to the public through exhibitions, books, and electronic media and supports artistic and educational acti...

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...

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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...

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...

(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 ...