IUPUI Professor Edward E. Curtis Co-Founds Journal of Africana Religions

Edward E. Curtis IV, professor of religious studies in the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, has co-founded the Journal of Africana Religions, the world’s only refereed journal devoted to research on the religions of African-descended people in global perspective.
“This journal signifies a rich coming-of-age in the study of African and African Diasporic studies,” said scholar, author and activist Cornel West.
Pennsylvania State University Press will publish the Journal of Africana Religions quarterly in both print and electronic form starting in January 2013. The journal will focus on the religious experiences and expressions of African-descended people in addition to religious traditions influenced by the diverse cultural heritage of Africa.
Curtis, also Millennium Chair of the Liberal Arts at IUPUI, emphasized the journal’s inclusive scope.
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