At the core of African American religion’s response to social inequalities has been a symbiotic relationship between socio-political activism and spiritual re

Discusses the historic role of the church in the African American community and chronicles the revival of the church as a center of community, social change, ec

African American spirituality was forged in the fiery furnace of slavery, segregation, and ongoing racial discrimination in both church and society. But African

The Spiritual Lives of Young African Americans examines the role of spirituality in adolescent development and the ways that youth negotiate their world, and of

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