Africana Religions

Africana religions have always been a dynamic global religious phenomenon. Decentering the privileging of one diaspora, one community, or one identity, this book series remaps the study of Africana religions as polycentric and intersectional, taking seriously the diverse and numerous voices in every sociocultural context and revealing how religious identities, worldviews, and practices are cocreated, adapted, or transformed in relation to one another. Foregrounding a transnational, decolonial approach, Africana Religions aims to showcase the plurality and multivocality of Africana spiritualities and cosmologies to present a mosaic of complex religious histories and diverse lived experiences.

Intentionally capacious and highly interdisciplinary, the series invites books that span a wide temporal range, from early Antiquity to the Middle Ages, from historical periods prior to the Middle Passage up until the twenty-first century, and a broad geographical range, encompassing (but not limited to) Asia, the Middle East, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the Americas, Europe, and Africa, including the cross-migration and emerging diasporas within the African continent itself. In addition to the study of various iterations of Christianity, Islam, indigenous African religious traditions, and African-derived religious traditions, the series also aims to create space for innovations in methodology in order to better understand the multiplicity and mobility of religious encounters, expressions, and exchanges in Africa, the African diaspora, and the global cultures within which Africana religions exist and interact.

We welcome submissions from across disciplines, and especially from early career scholars from the Global South.

Questions or submissions?
Afe Adogame,
Series Editor

Archna Patel,
Acquisitions Editor

Editor:
Afe Adogame

Advisory Board:
Elizabeth Pérez
Judith Weisenfeld
Oludamini Ogunnaike
Ezra Chitando
Eric Lewis Williams
Telesia Kathini Musili
Corey Williams
Yolanda Covington-Ward
Bettina Schmidt
Olufunke Adeboye