ABSTRACT
This chapter sheds light on the spiritual component undergirding how the author engages in humanizing and transformative work as a Black male English educator. The author (re)enters a moment from teaching high school English language arts and illuminates the importance of spiritual literacies. In the chapter, he articulates the centrality of spirituality and how it can enrich the field of English education scholarship. As such, the author’s threading together of Black spirituality, knowledge-making, and teaching invites English educators and teacher educators to respond by exploring their own spiritual traditions, connections, and journeys to sustain liberatory, scholarly, and pedagogical work.
