clifton granby

Clifton L. Granby

Associate Professor of Ethics, Philosophy, and Africana Studies
Current Full Time Faculty

Education

Ph.D. Princeton University
Ph.D. University of Memphis

Biography

Professor Granby is a scholar of Black religious, political, and philosophical thought. His research and teaching reflect an interdisciplinary approach to the study of race and religion, ethics, social epistemology, aesthetics, and ecological justice. His current projects focus on the ethics of love, the politics of listening, and the practice of social criticism. His work weaves together insights from Black studies, pragmatism, cultural and literary studies, and the history of philosophy and theology. Professor Granby is the author of The Racial Politics of Listening: Deference, Power, and Relationality (Oxford University Press, 2026). He is completing two book projects: Truth in Love: The Ethics of Social Criticism and The Wisdom of Martin Luther King Jr: On Loving and Living Well.  Dr. Granby is a Baptist minister, who has been deeply shaped by the writings of W.E.B. Du Bois, Howard Thurman, and James Baldwin.

Read More

https://reflections.yale.edu/article/crucified-creation-green-faith-rising/reckoning-climate-denial

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jore.12401

https://www.newhavenindependent.org/2024/06/19/remembering_and_honoring_the_past_juneteenth_service_at_dixwell_church/

Contact Info

clifton.granby@yale.edu

(203) 432-6550

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