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🏫 professor, writer, lover | ✨ all things black, queer, archival, artsy |πŸ“š author of *Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion Making in Jim Crow New Orleans* http://a.co/d/4VuHlQZ ✨views are my own.

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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

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.*

26.02.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

10.02.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 3497 πŸ” 571 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 0
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Black Religion Is American Religion In honor of Black History Month, we’re highlighting some of our favorite pieces from 2025 by or about Black experts, activists, and artists. What an incredible year for Black creativity, insight, and ...

the latest from RD: looking back at some of the amazing work done by Black experts, artists, and organizers last year

featuring Dr. Yvonne Chireau, @jalaneschmidt.bsky.social, @santiholley.bsky.social, @natemup.com, and @ahmadgreene.com

religiondispatches.org/2026/02/05/b...

05.02.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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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

16.01.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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2026 Finalists for the Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History - AAIHS The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is pleased to announce the finalists for the ninth annual Pauli Murray Book Prize for the best book in Black intellectual history. Named after...

Very excited to see @ahmadgreene.com’s Underworld Work among the finalists
For the Pauli Murray Book Prize!

05.01.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spirits of Empire The Declaration of Independence depicted Native Americans as bloodthirsty savages, and from its founding the United States aimed to expand westward by seizin...

My new book is now available for pre-order from UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social! Use code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%. uncpress.org/978146969362...

16.12.2025 02:22 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump

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...

24.07.2025 13:05 πŸ‘ 1615 πŸ” 480 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 53

Thank you! πŸ™πŸΎ

22.07.2025 11:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

19.07.2025 20:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

CONGRATULATIONS, FRIEND! @ahmadgreene.com πŸ™ŒπŸΎπŸ™ŒπŸΎπŸ™ŒπŸΎ

16.07.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

Congratulations to @ahmadgreene.com and the Journal of Africana Religions on this great match. If you're a scholar of Africana Religions, please submit your work: africanareligions.org/announcements/.

16.07.2025 19:52 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Image of parents cutting the rainbow and trans wings of a child. 

Text reads: β€œdon’t be your child’s first bully.”

Image of parents cutting the rainbow and trans wings of a child. Text reads: β€œdon’t be your child’s first bully.”

A reminder.

02.06.2025 12:35 πŸ‘ 193 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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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.

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

15.07.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

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!

07.07.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 441 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 19

I loveβ€”em-dashes.

06.07.2025 23:21 πŸ‘ 1879 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 26

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

01.07.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 12396 πŸ” 2803 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 198
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πŸ“ DC

01.07.2025 18:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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/...

27.06.2025 16:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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 πŸ“š 🌞 #SummerReading #BookSale #RedEmmas

17.06.2025 15:52 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

use promo code SUMMERREADS on their website for a 20% discount on my book! ✨

17.06.2025 18:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr. Ahmad Greene-Hayes presents "Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion Making in Jim Crow New Orleans" in conversation w/ Gayle Wald A rethinking of African American religious history that focuses on the development and evolution of Africana spiritual traditions in Jim Crow New Orleans.

Please join me tomorrow in Baltimore at @redemmas.org where I'll be in conversation with Dr. @gaylewald.bsky.social about my new book! redemmas.org/events/dr-ah...

17.06.2025 18:07 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"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."

07.06.2025 05:09 πŸ‘ 2115 πŸ” 1103 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 43

The track changes are brutal. It’s not even about what’s being said but how it’s being said, ya know?

07.06.2025 17:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, @mpgphd.bsky.social!

01.06.2025 13:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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

30.05.2025 23:35 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Phoning It In: (Re)making Race and Religion in Zora Neale Hurston’s New Orleans Underworld Welcome to β€œPhoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and busy but also like to learn about new books! I’m claiming to have made up this game, but if you’ve ever showed up for class wit...

senior editor @mpgphd.bsky.social talks underworlding and Zora Neale Hurston with the brilliant @ahmadgreene.com in the latest edition of Phoning It In!

religiondispatches.org/phoning-it-i...

30.05.2025 17:46 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Phoning It In: (Re)making Race and Religion in Zora Neale Hurston’s New Orleans Underworld Welcome to β€œPhoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and busy but also like to learn about new books! I’m claiming to have made up this game, but if you’ve ever showed up for class wit...

had an amazing time learning more about @ahmadgreene.com's gorgeous new book!

religiondispatches.org/phoning-it-i...

29.05.2025 23:31 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

I’ll be in DC next Tuesday to co-host @mirrormemoirs.bsky.social β€˜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!

14.05.2025 21:45 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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. Β  When Zora Neale Hurston traveled to New Orl...

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.

04.05.2025 14:28 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1