As a graduate researcher at the Center for Afro-Jewish Studies, Walter studies the theological anthropologies underlying the assertion of various historic Jewish communities in the African diaspora. His academic interests rest in the areas of liberation theology, Jewish legal theory, philosophical anthropology and comparative semitics. An honors graduate of both Bethune-Cookman College and Yale Divinity School, Walter is currently a PhD student in Temple’s department of Religion and a graduate fellow for the CAJS.
Book chapters by Walter Isaac
1 Isaac, Walter. 2006. "Locating Afro-American Judaism: A Critique of White Normativity." In A Companion to African American Studies, edited by Lewis R. Gordon & Jane Anna Gordon. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, pp.512-542.
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As a graduate researcher at the Center for Afro-Jewish Studies, Walter studies the theological anthropologies underlying the assertion of various historic Jewish communities in the African diaspora. His academic interests rest in the areas of liberation theology, Jewish legal theory, philosophical anthropology and comparative semitics. An honors graduate of both Bethune-Cookman College and Yale Divinity School, Walter is currently a PhD student in Temple’s department of Religion and a graduate fellow for the CAJS. 