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“Queering” African American religious history
Author(s) -
GreeneHayes Ahmad
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
religion compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.113
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1749-8171
DOI - 10.1111/rec3.12319
Subject(s) - queer , african american , transgender , gender studies , state (computer science) , sociology , lesbian , american history , order (exchange) , field (mathematics) , religious studies , history , anthropology , philosophy , mathematics , algorithm , computer science , pure mathematics , finance , economics
This article raises questions about how scholars of African American religions and of Black Queer Studies have historically and historiographically rendered queer and transgender persons as being devoid of a religion of their choosing. It calls for research on LGBTQ+ persons in African American religious history and discusses the necessity of “queering” theories and methods in the study of African American religions. To do this, it traces a genealogy of historians of African American religious history “queering” the study of African American religions in order to analyze the state of the field and chart new directions for future study.