Ennis Edmonds

Ennis B. Edmonds came to Kenyon College in the fall of 2003. Formerly, he taught in sociology and pan African studies and directed the Pan African Studies Program at Barnard College, Columbia University. His areas of expertise are African Diaspora religions, religion in America and sociology of religion. His research and publication have focused primarily on Rastafari, but also on other religious traditions in the Caribbean. Current research interests include the conversion of Rastas to evangelical Christianity, the Jamaican religious group called Revival Zion and religion in Afro-Caribbean and African American popular culture and literature.