Paul C. Johnson
Associate Professor, Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan.
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Dr. Johnson studies religion and belief systems among African-origin populations of South and Central America. Much of his work focuses on the relationships between international migration and these cultural systems.
Recent Publications
Books
Johnson, Paul C. 2007. Diaspora Conversions: Black Carib Religion and the Recovery of Africa. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Johnson, Paul C. 2002. Secrets, Gossip and Gods: The Transformation of Brazilian Candomblé. New York: Oxford University Press.
Journal Articles
Johnson, Paul C. 2006. "Secretism and the apotheosis of Duvalier." Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 74(2): 420-445. DOI:10.1093/jaarel/lfj088. Licensed Access.
Johnson, Paul C. 2005. "Savage Civil Religion." NUMEN-International Review for the History of Religions, 52(3): 289-324. DOI:10.1163/156852705774342842. Licensed Access.
Johnson, Paul C. 2004. "Three Paths to Legitimacy: African Diaspora Religions and the State." Culture and Religion, 6(1): 79-105.
Chapters
Johnson, Paul C. Forthcoming. "Vodou Purchase: The Louisiana Purchase in a Caribbean Perspective." In Moving Boundaries: American Religion(s) through the Louisiana Purchase edited by Richard Callahan.
Johnson, Paul C. 2006. "Joining the African Diaspora: Dynamics of Migration and Urban Religion." In Women and Religions of the African Diaspora: knowledge, power, and performance edited by Marie Griffith and Barbara D. Savage. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press.
Johnson, Paul C. 2005. "Religion and transculturation: the Caribbean." In Encyclopedia of Religion. New York: Macmillan.
Johnson, Paul C. 2005. "Garifuna religion." In Encyclopedia of Religion. New York: Macmillan.
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