teaching at the crossroads.
The projects featured on SPIRIT HOUSE can be used in a variety of high school, undergraduate, and graduate courses that engage topics in the study of Black religious histories, communities, and cultures. They showcase a range of religious traditions, spiritual expressions, geographic locations, sources, and methods and are presented in accessible and engaging formats.
text version of the Crossroads Teaching Guide
(created by Dr. Judith Weisenfeld, 2025)
arts. music. culture.
holy heroes
YVONNE CHIREAU
exhibit (2026)
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live right, die right
"The Life and Times of Gospel Songwriter, Roxie Ann Moore"
lecture / video interview (2023)
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all that noise
is about America
"Religion, Race, and Michael Jackson"
digital exhibit (2023)
The Sacred Vodou Temple Na-Ri-Véh 777
digital exhibit (2024)
environment. space. place.
the water bring we
the water wanna
take we back
"A Photographic Exploration of Southern Waters and Black Religion"
photography exhibit (2025)
psalms by the riverside
"An Archive of Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church and Black Greenville (1860-1968)"
digital exhibit / storymap (2024)
finding faith
in the storm
"Black Narratives of Perseverance
in Southwest Louisiana"
film (2025)
"we just don’t trust our memories to stone"
"Remapping Flooded Black Cemeteries"
storymap (2023)
gender. sexuality.
"The Life and Times of Gospel Songwriter, Roxie Ann Moore"
all that noise
is about America
"Religion, Race, and Michael Jackson"
digital exhibit (2023)
mapping.
exhibit (2026)
psalms by the riverside
"An Archive of Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church and Black Greenville (1860-1968)"
digital exhibit / storymap (2024)
"we just don’t trust our memories to stone"
"Remapping Flooded Black Cemeteries"
storymap (2023)
mapping as methodology
"Digital Mapping and Black Religion
in the American West"
storymap (2024)
memory. memorialization. preservation.
to tell our story
"The Founding of Black Religious Studies and the Role of Its Founders"
oral history interviews (2023)
all that noise
is about America
"Religion, Race, and Michael Jackson"
digital exhibit (2023)
embodied memories
"Narratives of African Diasporic
Religious Communities"
digital exhibit / podcast interviews (2023)
psalms by the riverside
"An Archive of Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church and Black Greenville (1860-1968)"
digital exhibit / storymap (2024)
the messenger's residence
"A Virtual Conservation of the Elijah Muhammad Home"
film series (2025)
finding faith
in the storm
"Black Narratives of Perseverance
in Southwest Louisiana"
film (2025)
"we just don’t trust our memories to stone"
"Remapping Flooded Black Cemeteries"
storymap (2023)
politics.
finding faith
in the storm
"Black Narratives of Perseverance
in Southwest Louisiana"
film (2025)
standing up for
"good-work"
"A History of Working-Class Black Women's Labor Ethics"
digital exhibit (2023)
breathe
"A Story of Race, Religion, and Justice in South Minneapolis Told through Black Church Archives"
digital exhibit (2025)
vincent harding, religion, and the long black freedom struggle
"A Curriculum"
high school / college curriculum (2025)
traditions.
afro-caribbean & afro-brazilian
holy heroes
YVONNE CHIREAU
exhibit (2026)
buddhism
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the distinctive practices of black nichiren buddhists
"A Community Portrait"
podcast interviews (2025)
christianity
holy heroes
YVONNE CHIREAU
exhibit (2026)
live right, die right
"The Life and Times of Gospel Songwriter, Roxie Ann Moore"
lecture / video interview (2023)
psalms by the riverside
"An Archive of Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church and Black Greenville (1860-1968)"
digital exhibit / storymap (2024)
finding faith
in the storm
"Black Narratives of Perseverance
in Southwest Louisiana"
film (2025)
mapping as methodology
"Digital Mapping and Black Religion
in the American West"
storymap (2024)
conjure
the water bring we
the water wanna
take we back
"A Photographic Exploration of Southern Waters and Black Religion"
photography exhibit (2025)
"we just don’t trust our memories to stone"
"Remapping Flooded Black Cemeteries"
storymap (2023)
ifá + orisha traditions
embodied memories
"Narratives of African Diasporic
Religious Communities"
digital exhibit / podcast interviews (2023)
islam
holy heroes
YVONNE CHIREAU
exhibit (2026)
the messenger's residence
"A Virtual Conservation of the Elijah Muhammad Home"
film series (2025)
the people’s effort to return to allah
"The Formation, Dissolution and Reconfiguration of the Dar-ul-Islam Movement in the United States"
map / timeline (2023)
narrating african american muslim life through film
podcast interviews / video essay (2025)
"never surrender yet!"
"Narratives of Resistance and Resilience in Afro-Trinidadian Islam"
digital exhibit / audio interviews (2024)
african american islamic architectures
"Built Environments of
the Nation of Islam"
storymap (2025)
new religious movements
rastafari
vodou
the sacred vodou temple na-ri-véh 777
digital exhibit (2024)
embodied memories
"Narratives of African Diasporic
Religious Communities"
digital exhibit / podcast interviews (2023)
the crossroads project.
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funded by the Henry Luce Foundation
hosted by Princeton University's
Center for Culture, Society, and Religion
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