Congratulations to Anderson C. Moss-Weaver (M.A. ’19) on his appointment as Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Bates College. His scholarship explores how twentieth-century African American poets and novelists imagine Black religious worlds—rooted in sacred collective memory and the mystical sensations of freedom. He also examines African-American engagements with East and South Asian religious and philosophical thought to envision liberation beyond the standard Western canon. At Bates, Moss-Weaver will teach courses on African American religious traditions and on the concept of “spiritual but not religious." He also hopes to blend his passion for tabletop role-playing games and speculative fiction into a class on religion, worldbuilding, and literature.
