Jesse Jackson held a news conference encouraging the use of the term African-American. This particular term to define a ...

(RNS) — Princeton University scholar Judith Weisenfeld has long studied the role of religion and race in America — but it wasn’t until recently that she discovered their historical and troubling ...

Middle passage for the gods: African and African American religions from the middle passage to the great awakening -- The birth of Afro-Christianity in the slave quarters and the urban North, ...

Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" explores themes of oppression and colonization through the lens of religion, specifically focusing on the complicated relationship between African Americans and Christianity.

"Our religion and superstition was all mixed up" : conjure, Christianity, and African American supernatural traditions -- "Africa was a land a' magic power since de beginnin' a history" : Old World ...

When Jason E. Shelton brought his grandmother from Cleveland, Ohio, to his Texas church four years ago, he had to prepare her for the experience. “I had to warn my grandma, ‘This isn’t the service you ...