Wylin D. Wilson

Reading Religion is an openly accessible book review website published by the American Academy of Religion. The site provides up-to-date coverage of scholarly publishing in religious studies, reviewed by scholars with special interest and/or expertise in the relevant subfields. Reviews aim to be concise, comprehensive, and timely. Below, the editors of Reading Religion have selected reviews from the site that engage with Black history.

By Thomas Kazen From the review: “There is much to praise about this slim volume. It covers a wide variety of ancient evidence, engages in interdisciplinary study of human sexuality, and offers readers a variety of supplementary resources, including a website with helpful images and an annotated list of further reading.” - Kelsi Morrison-Atkins. By Shalini Kakar From the review: “An ambitious book, Devotional Fanscapes attempts . . .

Offers Bioethics a bold approach to redress its failing of Black women Black people, and especially Black women, suffer and die from diseases at much higher rates than their white counterparts. The vast majority of these health disparities are not attributed to behavioral differences or biology, but to the pervasive devaluation of Black bodies. Womanist Bioethics addresses this crisis from a bioethical standpoint.