Moved by the Spirit: Religion and the Movement for Black Lives (Religion and Borders) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1793647798 ISBN 13: 9781793647795

Publisher: Lexington Books, 2026

Synopsis

Moved by the Spirit: Religion and the Movement for Black Lives explores the religious and theological significance of the Black Lives Matter Movement. The volume argues for engaging the complex ways religion is present in the movement as well as how the movement is changing religion. The contributors analyze this relationship from a variety of religious and theological perspectives on public protest, the meaning of freedom, Black humanity, the arts and practices of Black religious culture, and the transformation of Black religious communities. The volume reveals that the Movement for Black Lives is changing our understanding of religious experience and communities.

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About the Authors

Christophe D. Ringer is Associate Professor of Theological Ethics and Society at Chicago Theological Seminary.

Teresa L. Smallwood is James Franklin Kelly and Hope Eyster Kelly Associate Professor of Public Theology at United Lutheran Seminary.

Emilie M. Townes is E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Ethics and Society and University Distinguished Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society and Gender and Sexuality Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School.

Joshua Mauldin is associate director of the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey and incoming president of the Niebuhr Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1793647798
• ISBN 13: 9781793647795
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322
• Editor: Ringer Christophe D.