Ashon Crawley

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]

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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Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
2019 American Musicological Society Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award Blackpentecostal Breath Winner [18]
2020 Believer Book Award for Nonfiction The Lonely Letters Winner [8]
2021 Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction The Lonely Letters Winner [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. ^ a b "2021 Winners". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  8. ^ a b "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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