Margarita Simon Guillory is an Associate Professor of Religion and African American & Black Diaspora Studies at Boston University. She is the inaugural Associate Director of the Digital Humanities Initiative, which is housed in the Boston University Center for the Humanities. Her publications include Social and Spiritual Transformation in African American Spiritual Churches (Routledge 2018) and Esotericism in African American Religious Experience (Brill 2014). In addition to these works, she has published articles in The Black Scholar, Journal of Gnostic Studies, Culture and Religion, and Pastoral Psychology.

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This book diversifies the fields of digital religion studies and Africana religious studies by considering the nuanced intersections between digital technologies and the religious experiences of African Americans.

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Introduction: Back Down Memory Lane: A Reflection on Africana Religion, Technology, and Identity; 1. The Telegraphic Mediumship of African American Spiritualists; 2. Digital Mystics: Black Podcasters and Mystical Instances of Becoming; 3. Witches of Color, Social Media, and the Construction of Complex Identities; 4. "Things Have to Change:" Human Enhancement Technologies in Hoodoo; 5. Playing with Vodou and Voodoo: Race, Religion, and Representation in Video Games.