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Black Studies: Recent research

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  • Edgell, Penny and Danielle Docka. “Beyond the Nuclear Family? Familism and Gender Ideology in Diverse Religious Communities.” Sociological Forum. 22, no. 1 (2007): 26-51.
  • Giggie, John M. “The African-American Holiness Movement.” Society. 44, no. 1 (2006): 50-9.
  • King, Sharon V., et al. “The Religious Dimensions of the Grandparent Role in Three-Generation African American Households.” Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging. 19, no. 1 (2006): 75-96.
  • Little, Monroe H. Jr. “Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America.” Indiana Magazine of History. 102, no. 4 (2006): 392-3.
  • Mailloux, Steven. “Thinking With Rhetorical Figures: Performing Racial and Disciplinary Identities in Late-Nineteenth-Century America.” American Literary History. 18, no. 4 (2006): 695-711.
  • Maldonado-Torres, Nelson. “Black Puerto Rican Identity and Religious Experience.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 74, no. 4 (2006): 1011-4.
  • Potter, Hillary. “Battered Black Women’s Use of Religious Services and Spirituality for Assistance in Leaving Abusive Relationships.” Violence Against Women. 13, no. 3 (2007): 262-84.
  • Swartz, Sharlene. “A Long Walk to Citizenship: Morality, Justice and Faith in the Aftermath of Apartheid.” Journal of Moral Education. 34, no. 4 (2006): 551-70.

Black Studies: Articles

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  • “‘It’s my inner strength’: spirituality, religion and HIV in the lives of young African American men who have sex with men” by Michael L. Fostera, Emily Arnolda, Gregory Rebchooka and Susan M. Kegeles. Culture, Health & Sexuality. Available online (2011).
  • “Just Act, Don’t Think!” Religion, Education, and Disciplinary Decadence by Wandia Njoya. Atlantic Journal of Communication. 19, no. 1 (2011): 43-53.
  • “Beyond the Nuclear Family? Familism and Gender Ideology in Diverse Religious Communities” by Penny Edgell and Danielle Docka. Sociological Forum. 22, no. 1 (2007): 26-51.
  • “The African-American Holiness Movement” by John M. Giggie. Society. 44, no. 1 (2006): 50-9.
  • “The Religious Dimensions of the Grandparent Role in Three-Generation African American Households” by Sharon V. King, et al. Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging. 19, no. 1 (2006): 75-96.
  • “Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America” by Monroe H. Little, Jr. Indiana Magazine of History. 102, no. 4 (2006): 392-3.
  • “Thinking With Rhetorical Figures: Performing Racial and Disciplinary Identities in Late-Nineteenth-Century America” by Steven Mailloux. American Literary History. 18, no. 4 (2006): 695-711.
  • “Black Puerto Rican Identity and Religious Experience” by Nelson Maldonado-Torres. Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 74, no. 4 (2006): 1011-4.
  • “Battered Black Women’s Use of Religious Services and Spirituality for Assistance in Leaving Abusive Relationships” Hillary Potter. Violence Against Women. 13, no. 3 (2007): 262-84.
  • “A Long Walk to Citizenship: Morality, Justice and Faith in the Aftermath of Apartheid” by Sharlene Swartz. Journal of Moral Education. 34, no. 4 (2006): 551-70.
  • “Spiritual Journey Leads to a Historic First” by Christopher Maag. The New York Times, June 5, 2009.
  • “Sense Of Connection May Be Key: Research suggests the need to re-think the role of religion in preventing suicide behaviors among African American adolescents. Targeted News Service, Aug. 14, 2007.
  • “Faith Leaders Press Mugabe” by Catholic Information Service for Africa. Africa News, April 26, 2008.
  • “Obama’s Path to Faith Was Eclectic; President-Elect Will Reach Out to Diverse Set of Religious Leaders for Advice” by Eli Saslow. The Washington Post, Jan. 18, 2009.
  • “World Bank and Heavenly Bank in Poverty and Prosperity: The Case of Tanzanian Faith Gospel” by Paivi Hasu. Review of African Political Economy. 33, no. 110 (2006): 679-92.
  • “Christianity is Black with a Capital ‘B’: The Religion and Politics of Kwame Nkrumah” by Rupe Simms. Western Journal of Black Studies, 30:2 (2006): 118-128.
  • “the Attitudes of Black and White College Students Toward Gays and Lesbians” by Morris Jenkins, Eric G. Lambert, and David N. Baker. Journal of Black Studies, 39:4 (2009): 580-613.
  • “American religion: diaspora and syncretism from Old World to New” by Aisha Khan. New West Indian Guide, 77 (2003), no: 1/2, Leiden, 105-110

Black Studies: Books

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  • What Is African American Religion? Anthony B. Pinn. Fortress Press, 2011.
  • Encyclopedia of African and African-American religions. Stephen D. Glazier. Taylor & Francis, 2001.
  • Varieties of African American Religious Experience (New Vectors in the Study of Religion and Theology). Anthony Pinn. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1998.
  • Bound for the promised land: African American religion and the great migration. Milton C. Sernett. Duke University Press, 1997.
  • African American religion and the civil rights movement in Arkansas. Johnny E. Williams. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2003.
  • The New Black Gods: Arthur Huff Fauset and the Study of African-American Religions. Edward E. Curtis IV and Danielle Brune Sigler (eds.). Indiana University Press, 2009.
  • African-American religion: interpretive essays in history and culture. Timothy Earl Fulop and Albert J. Raboteau. Routledge, 1997.