As African Americans faced first slavery and then Jim Crow, they nestled in the black church as a haven. In the 1950s and ’60s, blacks congregated to fight legal oppression. In The Color of Christ, ...

Most Black Americans are Christian, though the share who identify as such has fallen since 2007. About three-quarters of Black adults (73%) are Christian, including 65% who are Protestant, 4% who are ...

Walter Strickland talks about spiritual formation, God’s faithfulness, and the five anchors of Black Christianity. Walter Strickland didn’t read a book from cover to cover until he was 18 years old.

A decade after the racist massacre at the oldest AME Church in the South, a new book explores the congregation’s deep history. When people walk through the doors of a church, they’re ushered into ...

To fully celebrate the life and legacy of Maya Angelou, we must contextualize her 86 years of living within the black religious traditions that influenced her and birthed her deep spirituality. While ...

The bracing for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House and its implications extends beyond Black, Brown, and marginalized communities within America’s borders. A second Trump term and its ...

Pt. I. Christian diversity in America. Understanding Christian diversity in America / Catherine L. Albanese -- The practices of Native American Christianities / Michael D. McNally -- From the coercive ...

Political or spiritual partition : the impact of the 1884/85 Berlin Conference on Christian missions in Africa / Olayemi Akinwumi -- Ecclesiastical cartography and the invisible continent / Jonathan J ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Hypertension, a major cardiovascular disease risk factor, is disproportionately prevalent among African American young adults. Religion and ...