Black Churches and Local Politics: Clergy Influence, Organizational Partnerships, and Civic Empowerment by
Uses case studies from various cities to examine the strategies and tactics of Black activist clergy and congregations. These case studies illustrate how black activist clergy and congregations negotiate the political terrains of their respective cities. Argues that the political culture of a city can influence the tactics of activist clergy and congregations.
God and Government in the Ghetto: The Politics of Church-State Collaboration in Black America by
Argues that church-state alliance serves as a means for black clergy to reaffirm their political leadership and reposition moral authority in black civil society.
Politics in the Pews: The Political Mobilization of Black Churches (Online) by
Looks at the internal dynamics of political decision making within the Black church.
The Sexual Politics of Black Churches (Online) by
Reflects on how Black churches have participated in recent discussions about issues such as marriage equality, reproductive justice, and transgender visibility in American society.
Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion (Online) by
Even before the emergence of the civil rights movement, African American religion and progressive politics were assumed to be inextricably intertwined. Savage counters this assumption with the story of a highly diversified religious community whose debates over engagement in the struggle for racial equality were as vigorous as they were persistent.
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party by
An overview and analysis of the history and politics of the Black Panther Party.
Christianity on Trial: African-American Religious Thought Before and After Black Power by
Reviews how Christianity has been a source of oppression and liberation within African American communities and its implications for the church today.
The Reverend Albert Cleage Jr. and the Black Prophetic Tradition by
Taking a rhetorical approach, this book explores how and what The Black Messiah (1969) has contributed to the broader scope of Black Liberation Theology and Black religious rhetoric.
Sacred Mission, Worldly Ambition: Black Christian Nationalism in the Age of Jim Crow (Online) by
Using Savannah, Georgia, as a case study, it tells the story of the rise and decline of Black Christian Nationalism.
We Testify with Our Lives: How Religion Transformed Radical Thought from Black Power to Black Lives Matter (Online) by
Traces Black religion's sustained influence from SNCC to the present, reconstructing a radical lived ethics of freedom and justice.
Black Religious Intellectuals: The Fight for Equality from Jim Crow to the Twenty-First Century by
Analyzes the rich intellectual and political tradition that lies in the black religious community.
Evangelism and Resistance in the Black Atlantic, 1760-1835 by
Focuses on the role of early African American Christianity in the formation of American egalitarian religion and politics. It also provides a new context for understanding how black Christianity and evangelism developed, spread, and interacted with transatlantic religious cultures of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Long March Ahead: African American Churches and Public Policy in Post-Civil Rights America by
Assesses the public policy activism of black churches since the civil rights movement.
The Social Teaching of the Black Churches by
In African American culture, the church is instrumental in establishing and maintaining social order. Professor Paris shows that a study of black church teachings reveals black social ethics. These ethics aren't "abstract moral principles, but sociopolitical quests for liberation and freedom."
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