The Center for the Study of Religion will host a symposium on the scholarship of Dr. Anthony Pinn during the religious studies scholar's visit to OSU campus.
In this presentation, four OSU scholars will reflect on how their research has been informed and shaped by Pinn's scholarship. Professor Pinn will respond to their remarks and engage the speakers and audience in public conversation.
The speakers include:
- Kam Copeland, Assistant Professor, African American & African Studies
- Spencer Dew, Associate Teaching Professor, Comparative Studies and African American & African Studies
- Zalika Ibaorimi, Assistant Professor, African American & African Studies
- Adam Banks, PhD Candidate, Comparative Studies
Dr. Anthony Pinn is a professor of religion and the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and the Founding Director of the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning (CERCL) at Rice University (Houston, Texas). He received his BA from Columbia University and his Master of Divinity and PhD in the study of religion from Harvard University. Pinn’s research interests include religion and culture; humanism and hip hop culture. He is the author/editor of over 35 books, including The Black Church in the Post-Civil Rights Era (2002); Terror and Triumph: The Nature of Black Religion (2003), Noise and Spirit: Rap Music’s Religious and Spiritual Sensibilities (2004), and the novel, The New Disciples (2015). Other publications include Interplay of Things: Religion, Art, and Presence Together (2021), The Black Practice of Disbelief (2024), and the recently expanded edition of his classic What is African American Religion? (2024), plus a variety of textbooks and edited volumes on subjects ranging from Humanism to the sermons of Pauli Murray and the work of Kendrick Lamar. Pinn is also the director of research for the Institute for Humanist Studies, a Washington DC-based think tank.
This event is free and open to the public. Hosted by the Center for Religious Studies, the Department of African American & African Studies and the Humanities Institute.
The Humanities Institute and its related centers host a wide range of events, from intense discussions of works in progress to cutting-edge presentations from world-known scholars, artists, activists and everything in between.
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