Dara Coleby Delgado (she/her) is the Bishop James Mills Thoburn Chair of Religious Studies, an Assistant Professor of History and Religious Studies, and an affiliate faculty in Black Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Allegheny College.
She received her Ph.D. in theology from the University of Dayton. Coleby Delgado’s research interests include race, gender, public policy, and popular culture in American religious life. Her research has been funded by the AAUW Dissertation Fellowship, and she has written about American religion broadly and Pentecostals/Pentecostalism narrowly in scholarly journals, edited volumes, and popular news outlets.
Coleby Delgado is continuing her work on Bishop Ida Bell Robinson, founder of the Mount Sinai Holy Church of America, in a forthcoming book with Penn State University Press. The text uses a social-historical frame that employs various theories around race, gender, and class to critically examine Bishop Robinson’s life and work around gender justice.
Research Area: Religious, Racial, and Ethnic Pluralism
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Read more from Dara Coleby Delgado:
- Spotlight Analysis: Faith, Politics, and Gender-Based Violence
- The Conversation: Black Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians Are Boosting Their Visibility in Politics − a Shift From the Past
- The Conversation: Kamala Harris’ Message to Women on ‘Freedom’ Helps Explain Why Black and White Christians Are Deeply Divided Over Support for Donald Trump
- Religion Dispatches: Trump’s Bible and Sneakers Campaign Tells an Old Story About the Role of Race in Christian Nationalism
- Spotlight Analysis: Honoring Juneteenth in a Time of “Racial Reconciliation”
