Black Reltrad: Measuring Religious Diversity and Commonality Among African Americans

The Black Church has remained an important topic of scholarly interest for more than a century, but less attention has been devoted to the consequences of contrasting denominational affiliations within the African-American Protestant religious tradition. We advance a new coding scheme that allows re...

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Auteurs: Shelton, Jason E. (Auteur) ; Cobb, Ryon J. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
Dans: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Année: 2017, Volume: 56, Numéro: 4, Pages: 737-764
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B USA / Noirs / Pluralisme religieux / Mesurabilité
RelBib Classification:AD Sociologie des religions
KBQ Amérique du Nord
Sujets non-standardisés:B African Americans
B Politics
B the Black Church
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Résumé:The Black Church has remained an important topic of scholarly interest for more than a century, but less attention has been devoted to the consequences of contrasting denominational affiliations within the African-American Protestant religious tradition. We advance a new coding scheme that allows researchers to measure and test black affiliates across a range of denominations with roots inside and outside of the greater Black Church. Findings from the 1972 to 2014 General Social Surveys indicate that our "Black Reltrad" syntax more meticulously captures similarities and differences among African Americans with respect to religious sensibilities, religious-related social attitudes, and engagement in black politics than extant coding schemes. Consequently, although the legacy of racial discrimination and inequality binds blacks together, scholars must also recognize differences within the African-American Protestant religious tradition.
ISSN:1468-5906
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12378