Biko Mandela Gray

Biko Gray

Associate Professor

Email: bmgray@uh.edu




Biographical Summary

Biko Mandela Gray is an Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies at University of Houston. As a philosopher of religion concerned about matters of ethics, Black life and death, and religion, his research and teaching are focused on the relationship between Black life, philosophy of religion, and political theology. He has published written or co-written two books: Black Life Matter (Duke University Press, 2022), Phenomenology of Black Spirit (Co-authored with Ryan Johnson, Edinburgh, 2022); and he's co-edited (along with Stephen Finley and Lori Latrice Martin) Religion of White Rage (Edinburgh, 2020). Beyond this, he's authored and co-authored numerous articles and book chapters that explore questions of ethics, political theology, and architecture through the lenses of Black critical theory and philosophy of religion.