Week 9: Black Protestants and the Black Church

Tuesday, October 21

  • Harris, Fredrick C. 1999. “Blessed Assurance: Religion, Personal Involvement, and African-American Political Activism.” In Something within: Religion in African-American Political Activism. New York: Oxford University Press. (Chapter 5)

  • Harris, Fredrick C. 1999. “Rock in a Weary Land: Religious Institutions and African-American Political Activism.” In Something within: Religion in African-American Political Activism. New York: Oxford University Press. (Chapter 6)

  • McDaniel, Eric L. 2013. “The Black Church and Defining the Political.” Politics, Groups and Identities 1(1): 93–97.

Thursday, October 23

  • McClerking, Harwood K., and Eric L. McDaniel. 2005. “Belonging and Doing: Political Churches and Black Political Participation.” Political Psychology 26(5): 721–34.

  • “Where does the Black church fit in today’s Black Lives Matter movement?” PBS

  • Mohamed, Besheer, and Kiana Cox. 2020. “Before Protests, Black Americans Said Religious Sermons Should Address Race Relations.” Pew Research Center.

  • Mohamed, Besheer, Kiana Cox, Jeff Diamant, and Claire Gecewicz. 2021. “Faith Among Black Americans.” Pew Research Center.