AFRO is very pleased to share that Professor Leonard McKinnis of the department of African American Studies and the department of Religion has been named General Editor of the Religion, Race, and Ethnicity Series with NYU Press.
He is the second editor of this Series, following Peter Paris who was General Editor for two decades. Dr. McKinnis expressed his excitement and honor to succeed Dr. Paris.
An excerpt from the about the series section, "while eclectic in terms of precise topics and approaches, this series advances our understanding of religion as a determinative dynamic in the lives of different racial and ethnic communities. It addresses such questions as how the categories of religion, race, and ethnicity have intersected historically, influenced social movements, impacted historical processes, informed the development of group identity, and acted as a hegemonic impetus for social functions."
Congrats Dr. McKinnis!