African Americans
What Americans hear about social justice at church – and what they do about it
By R. Khari Brown and Ronald Brown — November 18, 2021
(The Conversation) — Race, politics and religion have a long and tangled history in the US. And it all comes together each week in sermons across the country.
Study: Most Black ‘nones’ believe in God or higher power, fewer pray regularly
By Adelle M. Banks — March 23, 2021
(RNS) — Nones comprise about one-fifth — 21% — of Black adults in the U.S. Eighteen percent say their religion is ‘nothing in particular.’
Can I get an amen? Black Americans’ faith, religious practice detailed in Pew study
By Adelle M. Banks — February 16, 2021
(RNS) — Senior researcher Besheer Mohamed said that for Black American church shoppers, ‘the race of a congregation and the race of leadership would be not that important.’
Most ‘Fox News Republicans’ believe Christians face most discrimination
By Jack Jenkins — November 19, 2020
(RNS) — The 40% of Republicans who trust Fox News most, said PRRI, are more likely to identify as white evangelical Protestants.
What movies by and about African Americans can teach us in this hard present
By Greg Garrett — June 10, 2020
(RNS) — Two films that show how Hollywood has depicted race relations might help us wrestle with our current moment.
Black church leaders push for census participation despite coronavirus
By Adelle M. Banks — March 27, 2020
(RNS) — ‘The coronavirus has added to the already existing fear that people had about a number of questions,’ one minister said.
Bernie Sanders makes his pitch at prominent NC black church ahead of Super Tuesday
By Yonat Shimron — February 27, 2020
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (RNS) — The Democratic candidate spoke about how he would help the nation’s poor. But on the critical issue of race, Sanders offered few targeted solutions.
Study: Trump’s support among GOP, white evangelicals ‘remarkably stable’
By Yonat Shimron — February 26, 2020
(RNS) — Among the groups that viewed the president unfavorably were African Americans, Hispanics, non-Christian religious Americans and religiously unaffiliated Americans.
Reform Jews call for reparations for slavery
By Yonat Shimron — December 13, 2019
(RNS) — The resolution is the first such effort on the part of an American Jewish organization but has precedent among some Protestant groups.
Paige Patterson feared backslide after election of first black SBC president
By Adelle M. Banks and Yonat Shimron — November 18, 2019
(RNS) — A newly discovered letter from one former prominent leader of the Southern Baptist Convention to another reveals a depth of mistrust and suspicion toward the denomination’s first black president.
New play ‘American Griot’ explores blues music’s Muslim and African roots
By Aysha Khan — March 5, 2019
PALOS HILLS, Ill. (RNS) – A musical play explores the shared history of Islam, Africa and blues music through the eyes of an enslaved storyteller-musician.
“The Green Book” teaches about race in America
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 15, 2019
Race in America is a subtle conversation. A new film demonstrates that.
Black seminarians take first-time religious freedom course
By Adelle M. Banks — January 10, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) Three dozen students from religious graduate schools at historically black colleges and universities attended a pilot course on religious freedom to learn the lessons and lingo of a field that has traditionally been predominated by white men.
‘Revival!’ brings mostly black cast to movie depiction of Gospel of John
By Adelle M. Banks — December 7, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The movie, which features singers Chaka Khan as Herodias, Michelle Williams as Mary Magdalen and Mali Music as Jesus, is to be released Friday in 10 cities from New York to Los Angeles.
Black men reverse the gender split on religion, research shows
By Adelle M. Banks — September 27, 2018
(RNS) — African-American men are equally as likely as Hispanic women to be what Pew considers 'highly religious,' so they are tied as the second-most religious group.
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