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Terrence L. Johnson

Charles G. Adams Professor of African American Religious Studies, Harvard Divinity School
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Terrence L. Johnson is a scholar of ethics, African American religions, and political thought. He is the author of several books, including Blacks and Jews in America: An Invitation to Dialogue (Georgetown University Press, 2022, with Jacques Berlinerblau); We Testify with Our Lives: How Religion Transformed Radical Thought from Black Power to Black Lives Matter (Columbia University Press, 2021); and Tragic Soul-Life: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Moral Crisis Facing American Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2012). Johnson is also an active editor and contributor to various academic journals and book series. He is the coeditor of the Duke University Press series Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People, the editor of the Race, Religion, and Politics book series at Georgetown University Press, and coeditor of the Harvard Theological Review. He has also written for or appeared on popular media outlets such as CBS This Morning, Salon, NPR, and Literary Hub. Johnson, a member of the Corporation of Haverford College, holds a BA from Morehouse College, an MDiv from Harvard Divinity School, and a PhD in religious studies from Brown University.

Featured Work: We Testify with Our Lives: How Religion Transformed Radical Thought from Black Power to Black Lives Matter; Blacks and Jews in America: An Invitation to Dialogue

Upcoming Projects: Johnson is currently completing a manuscript entitled Torn Asunder: Religion and Race in the Shadow of Law and Justice, which is under contract with Columbia University Press.