Political Theology‘s vision and direction comes from its editorial collective, comprised of different scholars who bring their expertise, attention, and questions to the articles and essays that appear on the journal’s pages and on this website. This collective model pushes against the selective choices of singular or dual editors and towards a model that prioritizes shared governance and developing its author’s work through attentive support and feedback.
Political Theology recently welcomed two new members to this team. Fatima Tofighi and Joseph Winters now join An Yountae, Michelle Sanchez, Hannah Strømmen, and David True as members of the editorial collective.
With the addition of some members, Political Theology also says thank you to some members of the editorial collective who are retiring from their roles. We thank Vincent Lloyd and Agata Bielik-Robson for their service to the journal. Vincent Lloyd will remain with the journal as an “Editor at Large” to keep Political Theology housed at Villanova University, which is also provides support for the Political Theology Network.
Please join us in the welcoming Fatima and Joe!
New Editorial Collective Members
Fatima Tofighi is a Research Fellow at the International Center for Comparative Theology and Social Issues at the University of Bonn since 2022, and Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Religions and Denominations (Qom, Iran). She has published on the reception history of the Bible and the Qur’an, modern Islamic thought, and philology of the Qur’an.
Joseph Winters is an associate professor at Duke University in Religious Studies and African and African American Studies. He holds secondary appointments in English and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies. His interests lie at the intersection of black religious thought, black studies, and critical theory, and his research examines the ways black literature and aesthetics develop alternative configurations of the sacred/profane, spirituality in the flesh, and secularity in response to the religious underpinnings of anti-black violence and coloniality. His first book, Hope Draped in Black: Race, Melancholy, and the Agony of Progress was published by Duke University Press in 2016. His second book, The Disturbing Profane: Hip Hop, Blackness and the Sacred (also with Duke Press), will be out in the fall of 2025.
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