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Josef Sorett
Columbia U. Professor, Religion & African-American Studies, Author of Spirit in the Dark (July 2016)
Josef Sorett is a member of the faculty at Columbia University, where he is an Assistant Professor of Religion and African-American Studies and the founding director of the Center on African American Religion, Sexual Politics and Social Justice (carss.columbia.edu).
His first book, Spirit in the Dark: A Religious History of Racial Aesthetics (Oxford University Press, July 2016) illumines how religion has figured in debates about black art and culture. His second book - tentatively titled The Holy Holy Black: The Ironies of an African American Secular - is also slated for publication by OUP. Additionally, Josef is editing an anthology, The Sexual Politics of Black Churches.
Josef’s writing and commentary have appeared in a range of popular media outlets, including ABC News, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, as well as on the BBC and NPR. Josef received his Ph.D. in African American Studies from Harvard University; and he holds a B.S. from Oral Roberts University, and an M.Div. from Boston University.