The Author: Mozella G. Mitchell is Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida, Tampa. She received her Ph.D. in literature and theology from Emory University, Atlanta. In addition to numerous articles in professional journals and edited collections, she is the author of New Africa in America: The Blending of African and American Religious and Social Traditions among Black People in Meridian, Mississippi and Surrounding Counties (Peter Lang, 1995), and editor of The Human Search: Howard Thurman and the Quest for Freedom (Peter Lang, 1992).

The Author: Mozella G. Mitchell is Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida, Tampa. She received her Ph.D. in literature and theology from Emory University, Atlanta. In addition to numerous articles in professional journals and edited collections, she is the author of New Africa in America: The Blending of African and American Religious and Social Traditions among Black People in Meridian, Mississippi and Surrounding Counties (Peter Lang, 1995), and editor of The Human Search: Howard Thurman and the Quest for Freedom (Peter Lang, 1992).

The Author: Mozella G. Mitchell is Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida, Tampa. She received her Ph.D. in literature and theology from Emory University, Atlanta. In addition to numerous articles in professional journals and edited collections, she is the author of New Africa in America: The Blending of African and American Religious and Social Traditions among Black People in Meridian, Mississippi and Surrounding Counties (Peter Lang, 1995), and editor of The Human Search: Howard Thurman and the Quest for Freedom (Peter Lang, 1992).