Ashon Crawley

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Ashon Crawley speaking at a conference in 2014.

Ashon T. Crawley is an American religious studies scholar, author, and multidisciplinary artist. He is a professor of religious studies and African American and African studies at the University of Virginia and the author of Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility, on aesthetics and performance as modes of social imagination, [1] [2] [3] [4] and The Lonely Letters, an epistolary, semi-autobiographical work. [5] [6] The Lonely Letters won the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction [7] and the Believer Book Award for Nonfiction. [8] Crawley is working on a book about the Hammond organ’s historical role in Black church and social life. [9] [10]

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Education

Crawley earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003, then received a Master of Theological Studies from Emory University in 2007. [11] [12] [13] [14] In 2013, he completed his PhD at Duke University. [15]

Publications

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YearAwardNominated workResultRef.
2019 American Musicological Society Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies AwardBlackpentecostal BreathWinner [18]
2020 Believer Book Award for NonfictionThe Lonely LettersWinner [8]
2021 Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction The Lonely LettersWinner [7]

References

  1. ↑ Scott, Mikana (2017-07-01). "Book Review: Blackpentecostal breath: The aesthetics of possibility" . Journal of Black Studies. 48 (5): 528–531. doi:10.1177/0021934717706973. ISSN   0021-9347. S2CID   152085028. Archived from the original on 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  2. ↑ Shelley, Braxton (2020-02-29). "Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility". Yale Journal of Music & Religion. 5 (2). doi: 10.17132/2377-231X.1183 . ISSN   2377-231X. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  3. ↑ Félix-Jäger, Steven (2017-01-01). "Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility, written by Ashon T. Crawley" . Pneuma. 39 (3): 391–394. doi:10.1163/15700747-03903007. ISSN   0272-0965. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Jasmine (2017). "Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility by Ashon Crawley (review)" . Dance Research Journal. 49 (2): 109–111. doi:10.1017/S0149767717000274. ISSN   1940-509X. S2CID   193934828.
  5. ↑ Chevan, Jesse (Spring 2020). "View of Crawley, Ashon. 2020. The Lonely Letters. Durham: Duke University Press. | Current Musicology". Current Musicology. 106. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Pak, Yumi (2020). "The Lonely Letters by Ashon T. Crawley (review)" . American Studies. 59 (2): 57–58. doi:10.1353/ams.2020.0017. ISSN   2153-6856. S2CID   242439770 . Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. 1 2 "2021 Winners". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  8. 1 2 "2020 Believer Book Award Winners and Finalists". Believer Magazine. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  9. ↑ "Ashon Crawley". Department of Religious Studies. University of Virginia. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  10. ↑ "Made Instrument, an Introduction". School of Religion | Queen's University. 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  11. ↑ "Volume 68 Number 25". University of Pennsylvania Almanac. 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  12. ↑ "Ashon Crawley: Performance art can express the deep despair and deep joy of the church experience". Faith and Leadership. 2025-05-05. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  13. ↑ "Presenters". National Museum of African American History and Culture. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  14. ↑ "Ashon Crawley". Knowledge Commons. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  15. ↑ Crawley, Ashon (2013). Black Sacred Breath: Historicity, Performance and the Aesthetics of BlackPentecostalism (PhD thesis). Duke University. hdl:10161/7215 . Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  16. ↑ "Blackpentecostal Breath". Fordham University Press. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  17. ↑ "The Lonely Letters". Duke University Press. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  18. ↑ "Past Recipients Archive". American Musicological Society. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
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