Julius Bailey
H. Eugene Farlough-California Chair in African-American Christianity, Religious Studies, San Francisco Theological Seminary at University of Redlands
Julius H. Bailey is a professor of religious studies at the University of Redlands.
He received a B.A. in religious studies from Occidental College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in religious studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He teaches courses on varied aspects of religion. He has written three books, Down in the Valley: An Introduction to African American Religious History (Fortress Press, 2016), Race Patriotism: Protest and Print Culture in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (University of Tennessee Press, 2012), and Around the Family Altar: Domesticity in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1865–1900 (University Press of Florida, 2005) as well as several articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries. He has also given lectures on African mythology entitled "The Great Mythologies of the World: Africa," produced by the Great Courses DVD series.