Religion

2025-26 Visiting Faculty

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  Marlon Millner

  Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion

  171 Church Street

  mmillner@wesleyan.edu

  Marlon Millner works at the intersection of critical social theory, Black studies, and political philosophy. In this space, he examines the intertwined relationship of Christianity and colonialism in forging modernity and racial hierarchy. He further studies the development of the category of religion and of racial Blackness through European conquest and global expansion. Dr. Millner received his B.A. from Morehouse College, his M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School, and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University. He formerly served as Director of the Center for Black Studies at Northern Illinois University. His current work re-examines the emergence of early-twentieth-century American Pentecostalism through the lens of Foucauldian biopolitics and Black feminist and Black queer thought. His has curated work on Black and womanist theology on The Syndicate Network. And his published articles include “Dis/parity: Blackness and the (Im)possibility of a Pentecostal (Political) Theology,” for Pneuma: The Journal for the Society for Pentecostal Studies, and a contribution to Tracing Contours: Reflections of World Mission and Christianity. In fall 2024, he will teach courses on The Black Atlantic, A Religious Interpretation (First-Year Seminar), and Biopolitics, Blackness and Spirit Baptism: The Birth of American Pentecostalism. Learn more at his website. In his spare time, Marlon enjoys walking paths, sandy beaches, watching the WNBA in person, and listening to plenty of jazz, house, hip-hop and gospel. In returning to the east coast, Marlon looks forward to weekend trips to the Big Apple as well.