- , university professor and author.
- He was a leading authority on religion in the lives of African Americans from slavery to modern times.
- He received a bachelor's degree in English at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He studied English literature at the University of California at Berkeley and theology at Marquette University. He received a master's degree and a PhD, both in religious studies, at Yale. He joined the faculty of Princeton in 1982, and chaired the religion department from 1987 to 1992.
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