Tracey E. Hucks
Provost and Dean of the Faculty
James A. Storing Professor of Religion and Africana & Latin American Studies
Colgate University

In many African American religions, the crossroads symbolizes the mystical barrier that separates the world of deities and ancestors from the material world of humanity. Utilizing the crossroad as a dialogical model for interdisciplinary and intergenerational exchange, "A Meeting at the Crossroads" envisions a dialogical exchange that includes both contemporary and ancestral interlocutors. Our collective reflection not only conjures the presence of ancestral interlocutors, but also casts new visions for the future of African American religious studies.