And while 54% of Americans surveyed believe “evil spirits can harm,” 73% of Black adults say the same. While 90% of Americans overall in believe in God or a higher power, 97% of Black adults believe in the same, Pew says. It found that Black people are more religious than other groups in the US. For comparative purposes, researchers also posed some of the same questions to 4,574 Americans of other races. The new study, Pew’s most comprehensive look at the religious practices of Black Americans, is based on interviews with at least 8,660 Black adults. The phrase “the Black Church” has long been used by Black scholars and clergy as an umbrella term for all historically Black Protestant denominations as well as nondenominational churches with predominantly Black congregations, Pew says. once occupied.Īfter four years of White evangelicals grabbing headlines, the Black church is getting its due. Black churchgoers played a critical role in President Biden’s victory and helped Democrats win control of the US Senate with the election of Raphael Warnock, a Black pastor who preaches in the same Atlanta pulpit that the Rev. The Pew study and the PBS special arrive as the Black church is helping transform American politics. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images Reverend Raphael Warnock, then a Democratic candidate for the US Senate, speaks during a 2020 campaign rally in LaGrange, Georgia. “I don’t know how we could have survived as a people without it.” “The Black church gave people a sense of value, belonging and worthiness,” Winfrey says in the special. On Tuesday night PBS will premiere “ The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song,” a two-part documentary series produced and hosted by scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.įeaturing interviews from such luminaries as Oprah Winfrey, singer John Legend and social critic Cornel West, the series examines “the world within a world” of the Black church’s distinctive style of preaching, gospel music and blending of African faith traditions with Christianity.
The Pew Research Center on Tuesday is publishing a major study, “ Faith Among Black Americans,” that takes a sweeping look at African Americans’ religious beliefs and practices.
New research and a new documentary film could help change that. For over 400 years, the Black church has been the central institution in the African American community, but many of its customs remain a mystery to outsiders. The Black church rituals that Tisby celebrates are in the national spotlight this week.
Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post/Getty Images Members of the Fellowship Gospel Choir sing hymns at John Wesley AME Zion Church in Washington.
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