Get that Hammond B3 organ primed, because Ashon Crawley is here to talk about the aesthetic practices of Black Pentecostalism. Ashon talks about his book Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility and how the aesthetic practices of Black Pentecostalism allow for the emergence of “otherwise worlds of possibility.”

Guest Bio/Info:

Ashon Crawley is the Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and African American and African Studies at University of Virginia. He also is the author of Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility.

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Ashon Crawley: Blackpentecostal Breath and the Aesthetics of Possibility