Kyle Brooks is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies and the program in Africana Studies at the University of San Diego. His forthcoming book project, Chasing Ghosts: The Politics of Black Religious Leadership (under contract with Georgetown University Press), explores the concepts of haunting and hauntology as lenses for reinterpreting the recurring historical and contemporary roles of black clergymen in social movements, ultimately disputing the mythology of black male charisma and rhetorical performance as the core mechanisms of sociopolitical change. His research interests include African American religious histories, the intersections of black creative arts and religion, performance & communication studies, and black cultural studies.

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