Exploring Structures of Care
Symposium introduction. By George Aumoithe
Category: African American Religions
How Can Black Religious Spaces Enhance Mental Health Outcomes?
A symposium introduction. By Marla F. Frederick
Black Religion and Mental Health
Dialogue Black Religion and Mental Health Autumn/Winter 2024 Share on X (Twitter) Share on...
Nurturing Black Maternal Health
There’s plenty of data on Black maternal mental health and obstetric racism but we are not providing the culturally responsive care that is needed. By Sevonna Brown
Converging Crises
In New York City, homelessness, immigration, and racism are converging to the point of a crisis. By Henry Love
Why Rosa Parks Did Yoga
Inspiring stories of collective self-care are evident in the life writings of Black women, including Rosa Parks. By Stephanie Y. Evans
Black Religion as Barrier and Balm
Black religious communities should be places of spiritual liberation for those who live with mental health challenges. By Monica A. Coleman
The Racialization of Religious Excitement in American Psychiatry
Historically, white psychiatrists produced theories of religion that became constitutive elements of their racialized understandings of the normal and disordered mind. By Judith Weisenfeld
Memory, History, and the Ethics of Reparations
Henry Ossawa Tanner’s global pursuit of reconciliation is a cautionary tale if we are going to take corporate and civic responsibility for the crime of enslavement. By Terrence L. Johnson
The Dancing Monk and the Rhythm of Divine Life
Thelonious Monk’s jazz aesthetic can help us reframe theological thinking, generate new categories, and envision radically inclusive modes of being in the world. By Raymond Carr
Cannon, Williams, and Womanist Survival
Womanism founders Katie Cannon and Delores Williams created groundbreaking work that has led to a wide range of scholarship focused on the thriving of Black women. By Gary Dorrien
Racial Liberalism and the Ethics of Law and Justice
A selected reading list from Terrence L. Johnson’s course “Racial Liberalism and the Ethics of Law and Justice.”
Abolitionist Theology Can Help Us Reimagine Schooling
Schooling must be abolished so that education can begin, and abolitionist theology is a starting point. By Ashley Y. Lipscomb
Centering Black Evangelicals and Their Stories
A Q&A with Todne Thomas on her latest book, Kincraft: The Making of Black Evangelical Sociality. By Adam McNeil
The Deliciousness of Truth
Black and Buddhist: In the face of white supremacy, Buddhism reteaches us how to relate to truth and to one another. By Pamela Ayo Yetunde
A Full-Bodied Dharma
Black and Buddhist: Contributors to this volume take refuge in embodied practice and in vibrant community. By Judith Simmer-Brown
Freedom Doesn’t Happen in a Day
Four voices celebrate the publication of Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom. Buddhism offers practical tools to work through intergenerational trauma. By Cheryl A. Giles
Black Women, Black Church, and Self-Narratives
A selected reading list of classic and contemporary memoir and autobiography from Nyasha Junior’s course.
Sacred, Ancestral Cries for Freedom
Black and Buddhist: The Eightfold Path finds resonance in the Black church. By Melissa Wood Bartholomew
Let My People Go
Mass incarceration is Jim Crow’s most obvious descendent. Faith communities must focus on the collective work of dismantling this catastrophic system. By Raphael G. Warnock
