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What does extensive empirical data show about the growing diversification of faith in the Black Church today? Post-Civil Rights Era, an increasing number of Black congregants find themselves changing their denominational affiliations, or adhering to historically White worship traditions while a large number have abandoned the Christian faith altogether. Dr. Jason E. Shelton, Director of the Center for African American Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, discusses these ongoing changes among African Americans and what impact these have on broader social and political movements in his new book, "The Contemporary Black Church: The New Dynamics of African American Religion," published by @NYUPressOnline.
Learn more about Dr. Shelton here: https://www.uta.edu/academics/faculty/profile?user=jeshelton
Find his book here: barnesandnoble.com/w/the-contemporary-black-church-jason-e-shelton/1144089488
"Left of Black," Duke University's intrepid web series on Black Studies and the Black Arts, begins its milestone fifteenth season! "Left of Black" is the 2024 Gold Davey Award-winning and 2023 Webby Award-nominated series featuring interviews with Black Studies scholars, along with musicians and artists, created and hosted by the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African and African American Studies, Dr. Mark Anthony Neal.
Directed, produced & edited by Eric Barstow, M.F.A.
Assistant editor Jakiah Glass
Dive Into the Archive: leftofblack.org
What does extensive empirical data show about the growing diversification of faith in the Black Church today? Post-Civil Rights Era, an increasing number of Black congregants find themselves changing their denominational affiliations, or adhering to historically White worship traditions while a large number have abandoned the Christian faith altogether. Dr. Jason E. Shelton, Director of the Center for African American Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, discusses these ongoing changes among African Americans and what impact these have on broader social and political movements in his new book, "The Contemporary Black Church: The New Dynamics of African American Religion," published by @NYUPressOnline.
Learn more about Dr. Shelton here: https://www.uta.edu/academics/faculty/profile?user=jeshelton
Find his book here: barnesandnoble.com/w/the-contemporary-black-church-jason-e-shelton/1144089488
"Left of Black," Duke University's intrepid web series on Black Studies and the Black Arts, begins its milestone fifteenth season! "Left of Black" is the 2024 Gold Davey Award-winning and 2023 Webby Award-nominated series featuring interviews with Black Studies scholars, along with musicians and artists, created and hosted by the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African and African American Studies, Dr. Mark Anthony Neal.
Directed, produced & edited by Eric Barstow, M.F.A.
Assistant editor Jakiah Glass
