“Authentically Black, and Truly Catholic”: A survey of the study on Black Catholics

Winstead, Kevin C.

doi:10.1111/soc4.12517

Sociology Compass

2017

DOI: 10.1111/soc4.12517

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“Authentically Black, and Truly Catholic”: A survey of the study on Black Catholics

Kevin C. Winstead

Abstract: Black Roman Catholics have been a contributing community toAmerican culture as far back as the nation's founding. Despite nearly three million Black Catholics in the United States today, sociological research has given little consideration to this community. This review

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Is the Black Church Dead?: Religious Resilience and the Contemporary Functions of Black Christianity

Allen

2023

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Recent sociological literature draws attention to the changes in religious affiliation and expression among younger generations. More specifically, extant research suggests that the increase in religious “nones” (those who no longer identify with a religion) and “dones” (those who no longer affiliate with a religious congregation) substantiates the secularization thesis which contends that religion is becoming increasingly insignificant in modern society. However, when these trends are disaggregated across racial lines, religious affiliation remains high among Black Millennials. The present study explores this anomaly further, drawing on data from in-depth interviews with 65 Black Christian Millennials to assess how, if at all, the historic functions of the Black Church are still prevalent among Black Christians today. Findings suggest that while some functions have remained constant across generations (i.e., social–cultural), others have evolved (i.e., socio-political and socio-educational) or become defunct (i.e., socio-economic) and new functions have emerged (i.e., socio-emotional). As such, I introduce the concept religious resilience as a framework for understanding how and why a religion’s “afterlife” is sustained despite macro-level processes that might undermine its prominence. Altogether, this study has implications for how we conceptualize racialized religion and how we measure, operationalize, and understand religious expression across social locations.

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Is the Black Church Dead?: Religious Resilience and the Contemporary Functions of Black Christianity

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2023

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“Authentically Black, and Truly Catholic”: A survey of the study on Black Catholics

Abstract: Black Roman Catholics have been a contributing community toAmerican culture as far back as the nation's founding. Despite nearly three million Black Catholics in the United States today, sociological research has given little consideration to this community. This review

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Is the Black Church Dead?: Religious Resilience and the Contemporary Functions of Black Christianity

Is the Black Church Dead?: Religious Resilience and the Contemporary Functions of Black Christianity

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