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POSTERS

Black Theology Papers Project
Andrea C. White, Union Theological Seminary
Adam Clark, Xavier University

ABSTR AC T The Black Theology Papers Project is an open access jour-
nal that preserves and promotes the intellectual heritage of Black 
theology. The journal strives to advance the field by publishing a 
yearly issue of the proceedings of the Black Theology Unit of the 
American Academy of Religion’s annual meeting. The Black Theology 
Papers Project is supported by Columbia University Libraries.

The Black Theology Papers Project aspires to be a premiere scholarly 
and teaching resource for students and faculty interested in emerg-
ing scholarship and cutting-edge research in the field of Black theol-
ogy. The journal was launched November 2019 both in honor of the 
50th anniversary celebration of Dr. James H. Cone’s publication of 
his groundbreaking work, Black Theology and Black Power (Orbis 
Books, 1969) and to commemorate four hundred years since the 
enslavement of Africans in the Americas.

The Black Theology Papers Project—an online journal supported 
by Columbia University Libraries—serves as a repository to preserve 
and promote the intellectual heritage of Black theology. The journal 
features papers presented by the Black Theology Unit of the Ameri-
can Academy of Religion. The journal publishes an annual issue of 
the proceedings of the AAR Black Theology Unit.

Editors are Adam Clark, Associate Professor of Theology at Xavier 
University, Andrea C. White, Associate Professor of Theology and 
Culture at Union Theological Seminary, and Josef Sorett, Associate 



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Professor of Religion and African American and African Diaspora 
Studies at Columbia University.

Papers are reviewed and selected for presentation and publica-
tion by the AAR Black Theology Unit Chairs and Steering Committee 
and the editors of the Black Theology Papers Project. 

As an open access journal, all content in the Black Theology Papers 
Project is freely available without charge to users or their institution. 
Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, 
or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without seeking 
prior permission from the publisher or the author. Authors retain 
their copyright and agree to license their articles with a Creative 
Commons “Attribution” (CC-BY) License.

The Black Theology Papers Project is indexed in: 

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Google Scholar
• Columbia University’s Academic Commons

Support and organization of the Atla poster presentation was provided 
by Matthew Baker, Head of the Burke Library at Union Theological 
Seminary, Columbia University Libraries. Editorial assistance was 
provided by Heather Ketchum, PhD student at Princeton Theological 
Seminary.


