Dr. Joshua Bartholomew is a scholar-activist, critical theorist, and first-generation immigrant from Trinidad and Tobago, raised in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. His research examines the relationship between economic justice and racial equality, with a focus on the ethical and theological dimensions of Black radical traditions and social movements.
Dr. Bartholomew is the author of the peer-reviewed book Black Theology and The Black Panthers (Bloomsbury Publishing) and is co-editor of the forthcoming volume Theology, Abolition, and Economic Justice (Bloomsbury Publishing). He is currently working on a peer-reviewed monograph about Fred Hampton and the original Rainbow Coalition, under contract with the University of Illinois Press.
Dr. Bartholomew holds various leadership positions within the American Academy of Religion (AAR), serving on the steering committees of the Black Theology Unit, the Class, Labor, and Religion Unit, and the Applied Religious Studies Committee. He is a founding member of the Society of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion (SRER), a member of the Society of Christian Ethics (SCE), the Society for the Study of Black Religion (SSBR), and the Community Economic Research Network (CERN).
An ordained minister in both the National Baptist and American Baptist traditions, Dr. Bartholomew was licensed to preach at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York. He is also a devoted member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated.
Outside the classroom, Dr. Bartholomew enjoys traveling with his wife, Courtney, attending food festivals, and enjoying music and visual culture.
