Keisha’s work appears in a variety of media, including—
2020 Election Season Briefing: Faith Leaders Call for Moral Courage Now (2020). Panel webinar hosted by the Rev. Dr. Katharine Rhodes Henderson. Cited by ProgressiveChristianity.org [Video on YouTube]
Content: progressive organizing, electoral engagement, multifaith community-building, public leadership
Faithfully Distant & Socially Engaged (2020). Conversation with Alex Carpenter on the Adventist Voices podcast.
Content: COVID-19, congregational pandemic mitigation, religious freedom
“Liturgy for the Mixed Multitude: Notes from Faith-rooted Organizing Communities” (2019). Liturgy , 34(4), pp. 15-25. [Journal article]. Written by Keisha E. McKenzie. Part of Andrew Wymer’s curriculum for LTRGY650: Liturgies of Resistance and Repair at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (Fall 2021).
Content: spirituality, justice activism, multifaith ritual
Intimate Conviction: Examining the Church and Anti-Sodomy Laws Across the Commonwealth (2018). Publisher: The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. [Book]
Content: Christianity, religious freedom, medical missions, sexuality
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed A Generation Of Young Women And How I Broke Free (2018). Written by Linda Kay Klein. Publisher: Simon & Schuster. [Book]
Content: Christianity, religion, digital community, sexuality, shame, recovery
The Billy Graham Rule (2017). Hosted and edited by Jess Williams and Verdell A. Wright for The Dell and Jess Show. [Podcast available on Soundcloud and Stitcher.]
Content: Christianity, evangelicalism, history of purity culture, sexual norms and professionalism
Purple Prose: Bisexuality in Britain (2016). Edited by Kate Harrad. Publisher: Thorntree Press. [Book]
Content: Christianity, religion, British culture, sexuality
“Insights from an Adventist communicator” (2016). Text interview edited by Alita Byrd for Spectrum Magazine. [Article]
Content: Christianity, nonviolence, atonement theories, community-building, pragmatism
“Centuries ago, explorers like Columbus and Vasco da Gama played a real-life version of Pokémon Go” (2016). Written by Aishwarya Subramanian for Scroll. Cites Keisha’s “When colonialism is a game” (July 11, 2016). Also listed at The New Inquiry. [Articles]
Content: digital media, augmented reality, gaming technology, colonialism
“What does a Trump White House mean for the transgender community?” (2016). Written by Meggan Sommerville for Trans Girl at the Cross. [Article]
Content: queer thriving, electoral organizing, solidarity politics
A Safe Place for Questions (2016). Hosted and edited by Blake Chastain for Exvangelical. [Podcast available on iTunes.]
Content: Seventh-day Adventism, Christianity, immigration, personal narrative
The Adventist Podcast: Pulse Massacre Orlando (2016). Edited by Alexander Carpenter for Adventist Forum. [Audio: mp3]
Content: Christianity, congregational ministry, responses to bigotry and violence, community resilience
Faith ImPulse (2016). Hosted by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Young Adults. [Video]
Content: Christianity, denominational ministry, responses to bigotry and violence, community resilience
“‘I Kissed Dating Goodbye’ told me to stay pure until marriage. I still have a stain on my heart” (2016). Written by Lyz Lenz for The Washington Post. Cites “Recovering from I Kissed Dating Goodbye: A roundtable” (2016) by Lyz Lenz for The Toast. Discussants: Lyz Lenz, Keisha McKenzie, Verdell A. Wright, Lola Prescott, and Sarah Galo. [Articles]
Content: Christianity, colonialism, purity culture, sexuality.
Republication: “What Flint’s water crisis teaches me about climate change” (2016). Published by Peterson Toscano for Climate Stew. [Article]
Content: environmental justice, climate change, public infrastructure, racism
Stubborn Hope and Good News for the In-betweeners (2016). Written by Keisha E. McKenzie and edited by Jim Kast-Keat for the Thirty Seconds Or Less Bible series. [Audio]
Content: Christianity, theology, justice
“Adventist philosophers—swimming in the deep end” (2015). Written by Charles Scriven for Spectrum Magazine. Reports on the 2015 Society of Adventist Philosophers meeting, Atlanta, Georgia. [Article]
Content: philosophy, rhetoric, logocentrism, visual communication, Adventist history
“Know your history: Understanding racism in the US” (2015). Written by A’Lelia Bundles for Al Jazeera. Cites “Transcript: Toni Morrison at Portland State, 1975” (July 7, 2014). [Article]
Content: transcript, racism, U.S. history, state violence
Enough Room at the Table (2015). [Captioned.] Directed by Daneen Akers and Stephen Eyer. Available in DVD format and online.
Content: faith, sexuality, gender
“Will the Next Generation Be Adventist?/The Peaceable Kingdom: From a culture of information transfer to a culture of mutual respect” (2014). [Uncaptioned.] Spiritual Journeys panel hosted by the Adventist Today Foundation and Loma Linda University about what Adventist faith means to people in their 20s and early 30s. Keisha only: 06:25-24:00. Discussants: Monte Sahlin, Ryan Bell, Edgar Momplaisir, Keisha McKenzie, Alfredo Lee, Syd Shook, and Courtney Ray. [Video]
Content: faith, family, information culture
Politics, Religion, and Sexuality (2014). Hosted by Rev. Ogun Holder for Rants to Revelations, Unity.FM. [Audio file: mp3]
Content: post-Christianity, spirituality, prayer