Elizabeth McAlister

It was such a pleasure to finally meet @praxishabitus @EAMcAlister and @karriegaspard in person at the @SSSReligion conference this weekend. Thank you to Gerardo Martí for the invitation. I was truly galvanized by his encouragement and insightful suggestions for future research.

@andre_gagne1 @praxishabitus @karriegaspard @SSSReligion a great panel if I do say so myself, and wonderful discussion session. Thanks to all--

Today is the anniversary of the coming together of enslaved people to REVOLT against French colonial tyranny! Here is a piece I wrote on this fascinating history, and the ways evangelicals are rewriting it. bit.ly/3PqvBre. #BwaKayiman

@andre_gagne1 Looking forward to meeting you in person, and to the discussion.

Just got news that my panel proposal on Spiritual Warfare was accepted for the SSSR 2024 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA in October. We have an exciting line-up of scholars and paper proposals. It will also be nice to finally meet @praxishabitus in person!

@JLWeisenfeld Thanks for posting! Folks can write me with questions

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14 years today since the tragic #Haiti earthquake. Here's how religion relates: Interfaith Voices interfaithradio.org/Archive/2010-J…

@andre_gagne1 Congratulations and thank you for your work!

The paperback copies have finally arrived! 🥳

@rznagle @lahartvillalta thanks for the loop-in! these other suggestions are great.

call for suggestions: I'm teaching an academic writing class based around the zombie apocalypse in the fall. I've got some notions of what (zombie) readings to include, but I'd love more suggestions on your favorite zombie related short stories, novels, & more!

@lahartvillalta I'm bad at twitter but if you want the syllabus lemme know--

@EAMcAlister Thank you!! Great to have your input.

@mpgPhD @XroadProj Thank you—excited for this!

@melvinbutler @Ellie_AA87 @ArchitectureFO Thanks both! This essay of mine is exactly on funerary rituals: Necroscape and Diaspora: bit.ly/3IPTlno

@Ellie_AA87 Richard Brent Turner’s , _Jazz Religion, the Second Line, and Black New Orleans_ comes to mind @ArchitectureFO And in terms of the broader diaspora: Liza McAlister’s ( @EAMcAlister ) Rara: Vodou, Power, and Performance in Haiti and Its Diaspora_ (particularly Chapter 5).

One of my students is writing her diss on Af-Am mourning & funerary practices during slavery and reconstruction. I'm looking for any readings that might be useful to theorise the practice of claiming/reclaiming space/place in general or through mourning/burying? #twitterstorians

@ReadingReligion @AntheaButler Congratulations Anthea!

Congratulations to Dr. @AntheaButler on receiving the Martin E. Marty award for the Public Understanding of Religion! In addition to her many brave & articulate contributions to public discourse on race, gender, & religion, Dr. Butler is the first Black woman to win this award.

@demonologian demons!