Within this essay my goal is to briefly outline the African American humanist religion to which humanist theology corresponds by pointing out several institutionalized sites of humanist thought and praxis. I hope to provide a better sense of where and how
Historically, First Baptist holds a special place with the community's small African-American population. It is a place of spiritual growth, education and community involvement.
I am deeply troubled that there are still quite a number of people who believe that there was a biblical justification for enslaving the black people of Africa. Those who hold to this view say that Noah, in the Book of Genesis, cursed Ham, and that the bl
There are (2000 A.D.) one-half million Black Mormons in the world. Yet, before``1978 black males could not be ordained into the Mormon Priesthood. Are Mormons racist? Why couldn't blacks be Mormon priests before 1978? These and like questions answere
"If I were to meet the slave traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands; for if that did not happen, I would not be a Christian and Religious today." - Sister Josephine Bakhita
The North Star is published exclusively on the world wide web with two primary goals. First, in association with the Afro-American Religious History group of the American Academy of Religion, it will provide information on events, new publications, resear
At the corner of 12th and Reynolds streets, in the brick and wood edifice of Springfield Baptist Church, are the remnants of the beginning of black political, educational and economic power in Augusta. The birthplace of Morehouse College, the Georgia Equa
African Americans have long suffered from racist laws and policies in this country. Until 1978, the Mormon Church also maintained a policy of racial bias. The policy in question is the restriction of priesthood ordination from men of African descent. In s
Between 1874 and 1989 twenty-nine black bishops have been consecrated in the Episcopal Church. All bishops are assigned by the Secretary of the House of Bishops a number according to their date of consecration, beginning with Number 1, Samuel Seabury, con
In 1858 settlers who represented all walks of like came across the plains to settle in California, bringing with them their customs and social institutions. The Negro came bringing his religion, as this was the only thing he had been able to cling to thro
