It's official! Silencing the Drum: Religious Racism and Afro-Brazilian Sacred Music is available today. Read it for FREE at doi.org/10.3998/mpub.1441978…

Keep an eye out for our upcoming Black Religious Liberty Curriculum – it launches in two weeks, on September 24th! Head to our new website to learn more: lawrightsreligion.org/our-wo…

Excited to be part of the Black Religious Liberty Curriculum, from the Law, Rights, and Religion Project at Columbia Law School. Here is the trailer for the project, which will be launched next Tuesday: youtube.com/watch?v=WDJgDltk…

My new book, Silencing the Drum: Religious Racism and Afro-Brazilian Sacred Music (co-authored with Umi Vaughan), will be available on October 1! Mark your calendar to check out this FREE e-book when it is published fulcrum.org/concern/monograp…

In her new post on the OUPblog, Danielle N. Boaz (@ReligiousRacism) describes how Many African American religions have been labeled as “voodoo” by outsiders and have been falsely accused of barbaric practices. Read now: oxford.ly/3UTOYzw

The founders of the Nation of Islam were referred to as the "Voodoo Cult of Detroit" by police and the media in the 1930s. Read about this and other prejudices against African American religions in my blog post for Oxford University Press (@OUPAcademic): blog.oup.com/2024/02/african…

I just published a new essay in The Conversation about my work on the history of the term "voodoo." theconversation.com/how-the-…

“Continued stereotypes result in negative depictions of these religions, like the horror movies and crime show episodes depicting violent “Voodoo” and Santeria practitioners often released this time of year. However, these prejudices can have violent, even deadly, consequences.”

Check out my new piece about discrimination against "Voodoo" and Santeria. It was published on Halloween to push back against the biases in tv shows and movies released this time of year @PRRIpoll prri.org/spotlight/discrimin…

If you want to know more about my new book, "Voodoo: The History of a Racial Slur," before purchasing your copy, check out my interview with @NewBooksNetwork newbooksnetwork.com/voodoo

This week @ICJSBaltimore hosted a dynamic and productive Faculty Seminar that brought scholars from around the world to ICJS this week to examine the global manifestations of #ChristianNationalism. The scholars presented papers on their research, including case studies from Sri Lanka, Poland, Russia, India, Brazil, Turkey, Korea, Myanmar, Tunisia, and beyond, that will be expanded, edited, and published in a future volume. Participants included seminar leaders @TaylorMatthewD and @SusieOHayward of @HarvardRPL, and scholars Raimundo Barreto, @JoaoB_Chaves, Danielle N. Boaz (@ReligiousRacism), Joel Day, Geethika Dharmasinghe, Regina Elsner (@reginaelmo), S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana (@KadayifciAyse), Ray Kim, Nikhil Mandalaparthy, @davidmoe83, and @Julian_Weinberg.

We are thrilled to announce the new #PRRIPublicFellows cohort! These scholars will work alongside PRRI researchers and staff to generate impactful public scholarship at the intersection of religion, culture, and politics More: prri.org/press-release/prri-…

Coming soon! Voodoo: The History of a Racial Slur. Save 30% with AAFLYG6 promotion code when buying on OUP's website.

While efforts to ban books have risen, PRRI finds that 89% of Americans oppose “banning books that include depictions of slavery from being taught in public schools,” including 90% of both Republicans and Democrats. @PRRIpoll spotlight. prri.org/spotlight/despite-p…

My new book, Voodoo: the History of a Racial Slur (Forthcoming August 2023)