Dr. Joseph R. Washington, Jr. of Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, passed away on Oct 7, 2024. He was 93. Son of the late Joseph R. Washington Sr. and Susie, Joseph was born in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1930, reared in Madison, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin and Andover Newton Theological School. He received a Th.D. in social ethics from Boston University. Joseph served as chaplain and professor of religion at Dillard University, Dickinson College, Albion College, and Beloit College in the 1960s before becoming chairman of Afro-American Studies at the University of Virginia, later at the University of California-Riverside, and the University of Pennsylvania. Among his previously published books are Black Religion: The Negro and Christianity in the United States, Black Sects and Cults, and Anti-Blackness in English Religion,1500-1800. Joseph is preceded in death by his wife, Sophia M. Washington and son, Bryan R. Washington. He is survived by his son, David, and partner Christine along with other family members and friends. Services are private.