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Questioning Religion as Identity

2011

Interrogating her mixed race and mixed religious background, Najla Said is an actress, playwright and the author of the memoir Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family.

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The Fastest-Growing Group of American Evangelicals

A new generation of Latino Protestants is poised to transform our religious and political landscapes. Those of us looking in can examine demographics or organizations, but for worshippers themselves the appeal is ineffable, emotional, and central to their life.

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Meaghan Winter
2021
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Why America Needs the Black Church for its Own Survival

Will the Black church become White? It sounds like a strange question. When my family watched the 2021 PBS documentary on the Black church, I noted the assumption by some of those interviewed that the Black church received its faith and theology as a part of the transatlantic slave trade.

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Charlie Dates
2021
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The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

In this tender and expansive reckoning with the meaning of the Black Church in America, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes us on a journey spanning more than five centuries.

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Henry Louis Gates Jr.
2021
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Risks of Faith: The Emergence of a Black Theology of Liberation 1968–1998

Risks of Faith offers for the first time the best of noted theologian James H. Cone’s essays, including several new pieces.

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James H. Cone
2000
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Religion as a Way of Life

One of the few common elements within the diversity of Native traditions is the idea that all dimensions of social life are profoundly integrated. Instead of “religion,” the broader term “life-way” is often used to describe the traditions of Native peoples.

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The Pluralism Project
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Native Perspectives on the 40th Anniversary of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Forty years ago, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act finally finally extended that right to the country’s Native citizens.

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Dennis Zotigh
2018
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Native American Church

The Native American Church of Jesus Christ is a spiritual movement that integrates the teachings of Christian life with the spiritual and ethical traditions of various Native cultures. A central component of the Native American Church is the sacramental ingestion of peyote during peyote meetings.

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The Pluralism Project
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‘Silent Exodus’ from Korean-American Churches as Younger Parishioners Find Community Elsewhere

The departure of young people from the churches, once the bedrock of Korean culture and identity in America, marks a significant social shift.

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Paulina Cachero
2018
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The Future of the Mormon Church? It’s Latino

Latinos are the fastest-growing group in the Church. Between 2000 and 2010, the number of Latino wards (congregations) more than doubled.

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Raul A. Reyes
2016
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10 New Findings About Faith Among Black Americans

Black American religious life is diverse, encompassing a wide range of religious affiliations, worship practices and beliefs. While previous research has highlighted the ways in which the faith of Black adults differs from that of other U.S.

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Besheer Mohamed
2021
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