IV EDUCATION IN THE BLACK CHURCH: DESIGN FOR CHANGE

The typical story of African American religions narrates the development and power of the Protestant black church, but shifting the focus to the long nineteenth century can reorient the significance of the story. The nineteenth century saw the boom of Christian conversions among African Americans, but it also was a century of religious diversity. All forms of African American religion frequently pushed against the dominance of whiteness. This included the harming and cursing element of Conjure and southern hoodoo, the casting of slaves as Old Israel awaiting their exodus from bondage, the communications between the spirit of Abraham Lincoln and Afro-Creoles in New Orleans, and the push for autonomy and leadership by Richard Allen and the rest of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. While many studies of African American religions in the nineteenth century overwhelmingly focus on Protestantism, this is only part of the story.

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Singing in a Strange Land: C. L. Franklin, the Black Church, and the Transformation of America by Nick Salvatore

Michigan Historical Review ◽

10.1353/mhr.2007.0034 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 185-187

Author(s):

Bettye Collier-Thomas

Keyword(s):

Black Church

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“I Don’t Know and I Don’t Want to Know”: A Qualitative Examination of Older African American Women’s Knowledge and Experiences With HIV

Journal of Black Psychology ◽

10.1177/0095798418813222 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 44 (7) ◽

pp. 644-666 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Faye Z. Belgrave ◽

Sarah J. Javier ◽

Deborah Butler ◽

Chelsie Dunn ◽

Joann Richardson ◽

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Keyword(s):

African American ◽

African American Women ◽

Black Church ◽

The United States ◽

Sociocultural Factors ◽

Hiv Knowledge ◽

Female Population ◽

American Women ◽

Heterosexual Women ◽

Older African American Women

While older African American women (e.g., aged 50 years and older) comprise only 11% of the female population in the United States, they account for 50% of HIV diagnoses among women in this age group. Unique sociocultural factors, including a lack of HIV knowledge and stigma, contribute to HIV risk among older African American women. The goal of this qualitative study was to obtain a nuanced perspective from older African American women about HIV knowledge and experiences with HIV using the framework of intersectionality theory. Focus groups were conducted with 35 African American women who were 50 years and older, nonpartnered, and heterosexual. Women were asked what they knew about HIV and if they thought older women were at risk for HIV. A thematic analysis using NVivo 11 yielded two central themes and three subthemes: HIV knowledge, including experiential knowledge, superficial knowledge, and no knowledge, and stigma around HIV in the Black church. Implications for developing HIV prevention programs and testing messages are discussed.

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