But Liberian Americans aren’t alone in this paradoxical relationship to Thanksgiving; African Americans who remained on this side of the Atlantic equally grapple with this contested legacy. During my ...

Every year, my husband’s family and mine gather to celebrate Thanksgiving. They are Pakistani and Muslim. We are African American and Christian. It’s been more than 20 years since my husband ...

In “Religion in the Kitchen: Cooking, Talking and the Making of Black Atlantic Traditions” (New York University Press, 2016), Pérez argues that in Caribbean and Latin American religions with African ...

African American adults who participate in frequent religious activities, or hold deeper spiritual beliefs, are more likely to score higher in indicators linked to good heart health than those who ...

Panelists talked about the role of religion in the lives of African Americans. "What is African American Religion?" was a session of "The Future of the African American Past," a conference hosted ...

African-Americans also are more religiously observant on a variety of other measures, from frequency of prayer and worship service attendance to belief in God. Importance of Religion. Nearly ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A traditional Thanksgiving Day in the African American community would not be complete without soul food. Soul food is comprised of various dishes prominent in Black culture ...

Roughly eight-in-ten (79%) African Americans self-identify as Christian, as do seven-in-ten whites and 77% of Latinos, according to Pew Research Center’s 2014 Religious Landscape Study. Most black ...

“Movements, Motions, Moments: Photographs of Religion and Spirituality from the National Museum of African American History and Culture” is a compact volume spanning the 19th through the 21st ...