Books About Religious Segregation
The Segregated Hour has not fully reviewed, endorsed, or supported the vast content expressed in each of the books below, but instead believes them to be an invaluable asset for any individual looking to study and evaluate matters of religious segregation. All titles are listed according to their date of publication. If you would like to add a book to this list, please contact Jeremy Lucas, author of The Segregated Hour: A Layman's Guide to the History of Black Liberation Theology.
96 Titles - Last Updated on August 30, 2010
2010
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The Black Church in the 21st Century By Joe Aldred and Keno Ogbo Published in 2010 by Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd (256 pages) |
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The Black Church: Relevant or Irrelevant in the 21st Century? By Reginald F. Davis Published in 2010 by Smyth Helwys Publishing (128 pages) |
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Black Church Identity Crisis: Pimping the Church By Joyce Reba Payne |
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The Voice of Conscience: The Church in the Mind of MLK, Jr. By Lewis Baldwin Published in 2010 by Oxford University Press (384 pages) |
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Black Megachurch Culture: Models for Education and Empowerment By Sandra L. Barnes Published in 2010 by Peter Lang Publishing (208 pages) |
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Preaching with Sacred Fire: An Anthology of African American Sermons, 1750 to the Present By Martha Simmons Published in 2010 by W. W. Norton & Company (960 pages) |
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What We Love About the Black Church By William H. Crouch, Jr. and Joel C. Gregory Published in 2010 by Judson Press (160 pages) |
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Understanding & Transforming the Black Church By Anthony B. Pinn Published in 2010 by Cascade Books (145 pages) |
2009
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A History of the Black Church in Tuscaloosa By Forrest Moore Published in 2009 by Authorhouse (184 pages) |
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From Jay-Z to Jesus: Reaching and Teaching Young Adults in the Black Church By Ralph Watkins and Benjamin Stephens Published in 2009 by Jp (144 pages) |
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The Segregated Hour: A Layman's Guide to the History of Black Liberation Theology By Jeremy D. Lucas Published in 2009 by Wipf and Stock (98 pages) |
2008
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The Burden of Black Religion By Curtis J. Evans Published in 2008 by Oxford University Press (372 pages) |
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The Truth in Black & White:
A New Look at the Shifting Landscape of Race, Religion, and Politics in America Today By Harry R. Jackson, Jr. Published in 2008 by Frontline (245 pages) |
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The Essential Writings of the American Black Church Compiled by John Hunt Published in 2008 by AMG Publishers (886 pages) |
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Politics in the Pews: The Political Mobilization of Black Churches By Eric L. McDaniel Published in 2008 by University of Michigan Press (224 pages) |
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Freedom's Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers By Richard S. Newman Published in 2008 by New York University Press (359 pages) |
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Yet with a Steady Beat: The Black Church Through a Psychological and Biblical Lens By Lee N. June Published in 2008 by Lift Every Voice (234 pages) |
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The Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches By Korie L. Edwards Published in 2008 by Oxford University Press (240 pages) |
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Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion By Barbara Dianne Savage Published in 2008 by Belknap Press (368 pages) |
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Race: A Theological Account By J. Kameron Carter Published in 2008 by Oxford University Press (504 pages) |
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God and Race in American Politics: A Short History By Mark A. Noll Published in 2008 by Princeton University Press (224 pages) |
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Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White: Thoughts on Religion, Morality, and Politics By Adam Hamilton Published in 2008 by Abingdon Press (192 pages) |
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People of the Dream: Multiracial Congregations in the United States By Michael O. Emerson Published in 2008 by Princeton University Press (288 pages) |
2007
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Pressing Toward the Mark: Christian Ethics for the Black Church Today By E. Hammond Oglesby Published in 2007 by Wipf and Stock (146 pages) |
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Name It and Claim It: Prosperity Preaching in the Black Church By Thabiti M. Anyabwile Published in 2007 by IVP Academic (254 pages) |
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The Decline of African American Theology: From Biblical Faith to Cultural Captivity By Thabiti M. Anyabwile Published in 2007 by IVP Academic (254 pages) |
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Interrupting White Privilege: Catholic Theologians Break the Silence By Laurie M. Cassidy and Alexander Mikulich (Editors) Published in 2007 by Orbis Books (194 pages) |
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A Color-Blind Church: Integration Under the Steeple By David Leininger Published in 2007 by CSS PUB CO (83 pages) |
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Darwin's Plantation: Evolution's Racist Roots By Ken Ham and Charles Ware Published in 2007 by Master Books (205 pages) |
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God and Government in the Ghetto: The Politics of Church-State Collaboration in Black America By Michael Leo Owens Published in 2007 by University of Chicago Press (304 pages) |
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White Christ Black Cross: The Emergence of a Black Church By Noel Loos Published in 2007 by Aboriginal Studies Press (216 pages) |
2006
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The Black Church: The Root of the Problems of the Black Community By Steve Cole Published in 2006 by Panaceaworld Books (149 pages) |
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The Civil War as a Theological Crisis By Mark A. Noll Published in 2006 by University of NC Press (216 pages) |
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The Black Church in America: African American Christian Spirtuality By Michael Battle Published in 2006 by Wiley-Blackwell (272 pages) |
2005
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Streets of Glory: Church and Community in a Black Urban Neighborhood By Omar M. McRoberts Published in 2005 by University of Chicago Press (186 pages) |
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Black Churches and Local Politics: Clergy Influence, Organizational Partnerships, and Civic Empowerment By R. Drew Smith and Fredrick C. Harris Published in 2005 by Rowman & Littlefield (240 pages) |
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The Church Enslaved: A Spirituality of Racial Reconciliation By Tony Campolo and Michael Battle Published in 2005 by Augsburg Fortress Publishers (172 pages) |
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Long March Ahead: African American Churches and Public Policy in Post-Civil Rights America By R. Drew Smith Published in 2005 by Duke University Press (256 pages) |
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Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations By Brad Christerson, Michael Emerson, and Korie Edwards Published in 2005 by NYU Press (207 pages) |
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Liberation And Reconciliation: A Black Theology, 2nd Edition By J. Deotis Roberts Published in 2005 by Westminster John Knox Press (120 pages) |
2004
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Slave Religion: The "Invisible Institution" in the Antebellum South By Albert J. Raboteau Published in 2004 by Oxford University Press (416 pages) |
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United by Faith: The Multiracial Congregation As an Answer to the Problem of Race By Curtiss Paul DeYoung, Michael O. Emerson, George Yancey, and Karen Chai Kim Published in 2004 by Oxford University Press (240 pages) |
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White Theology: Outing Supremacy in Modernity By James W. Perkinson Published in 2004 by Palgrave Macmillan (288 pages) |
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A Challenge to the Black Church By Earl D. Trent, Jr. Published in 2004 by African American Images (146 pages) |
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Black Church Beginnings: The Long Hidden Realities of the First Years By Henry H. Mitchell Published in 2004 by William B. Eerdmans (216 pages) |
2003
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New Day Begun: African American Churches and Civic Culture in Post-Civil Rights America By R. Drew Smith Published in 2003 by Duke University Press (328 pages) |
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Mighty Like a River: The Black Church and Social Reform By Andrew Billingsley Published in 2003 by Oxford University Press (288 pages) |
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From Every People and Nation: A Biblical Theology of Race By J. Daniel Hays and Donald A. Carson Published in 2003 by InterVarsity Press (240 pages) |
2002
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Roots of a Black Future: Family and Church By J. Deotis Roberts Published in 2002 by Strebor Books (144 pages) |
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The Black Church in the Post-Civil Rights Era By Anthony B. Pinn Published in 2002 by Orbis Books (175 pages) |
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An Encyclopedia of African American Christian Heritage By Marvin A. McMickle Published in 2002 by Judson Press (320 pages) |
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Practical Theology for Black Churches By Dale P. Andrews Published in 2002 by Westminster John Knox Press (160 pages) |
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To Raise Up the South: Sunday Schools in Black and White Churches, 1865-1915 By Sally G. McMillen Published in 2002 by Louisiana State University Press (296 pages) |
2001
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Introducing Black Theology: 3 Crucial Questions for the Evangelical Church By Bruce L. Fields Published in 2001 by Baker Academic (128 pages) |
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Canaan Land: A Religious History of African Americans By Albert J. Raboteau Published in 2001 by Oxford University Press (184 pages) |
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Fortress Introduction to Black Church History By Anne H. Pinn and Anthony B. Pinn Published in 2001 by Augsburg Fortress Publishers (196 pages) |
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Something Within: Religion in African-American Political Activism By Fredrick C. Harris Published in 2001 by Oxford University Press (240 pages) |
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Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America By Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith Published in 2001 by Oxford University Press (224 pages) |
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Prejudice and the People of God: How Revelation and Redemption Lead to Reconciliation By A. Charles Ware Published in 2001 by Kregel (160 pages) |
2000
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Black Churches in Texas: A Guide to Historic Congregations By Clyde McQueen Published in 2000 by Texas A&M University Press (288 pages) |
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A Mighty Fortress: The Black Church as Ancestral Foundation for Black Survival and Civil Rights By Charles E. Williams Published in 2000 by Xlibris Corporation (328 pages) |
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Risks of Faith: The Emergence of a Black Theology of Liberation, 1968-1998 By James H. Cone Published in 2000 by Beacon Press (240 pages) |
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More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel By Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice Published in 2000 by InterVarsity Press (285 pages) |
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Imagining Grace: Liberating Theologies in the Slave Narrative Tradition By Kimberly Connor Published in 2000 by University of Illinois Press (328 pages) |
1999
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Slave Missions and the Black Church in the Antebellum South By Janet D. Cornelius and Published in 1999 by University of SC Press (256 pages) |
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Introducing Black Theology of Liberation By Dwight N. Hopkins Published in 1999 by Orbis Books (237 pages) |
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The Black Church in the U.S.: Its Origins, Growth, Contributions, and Outlook By William L. Banks Published in 1999 by Infinity Publishing (128 pages) |
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One Blood: The Biblical Answer to Racism By Ken Ham, Carl Wieland, and Don Batten Published in 1999 by Master Books (174 pages) |
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African American Religious History: A Documentary Witness By Milton Sernett (Editor) Published in 1999 by Duke University Press (608 pages) |
1998
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Black God: The Afroasiatic Roots of the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Religions By Julian Baldick Published in 1998 by Syracuse University Press (210 pages) |
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Black Religion After the Million Man March: Voices on the Future By Garth K. Baker-Fletcher Published in 1998 by Orbis Books (200 pages) |
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Black Religion and Black Radicalism: An Interpretation of the Religious History of African Americans By Gayraud S. Wilmore Published in 1998 by Orbis Books (328 pages) |
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Pulpit Confessions: Exposing the Black Church By N. Moore Published in 1998 by Exodus Books (93 pages) |
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Breaking Down Barriers: A Black Evangelical Explains the Black Church By Dwight Perry Published in 1998 by Baker Pub Group (175 pages) |
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The Gospel in Black & White: Theological Resources for Racial Reconciliation By Dennis L. Okholm (Editor) Published in 1998 by InterVarsity Press (194 pages) |
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The Jonah Syndrome: White Churches Running from the Inner City By Denzil D. Holness Published in 1998 by College Pr Pub Co (124 pages) |
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Southern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible Belt By Christine Leigh Heyrman Published in 1998 by The University of NC Press (352 pages) |
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The Social Gospel in Black and White: American Racial Reform, 1885-1912 By Ralph E. Luker Published in 1998 by The University of NC Press (464 pages) |
1997
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Black Theology and Black Power By James H. Cone Published in 1997 by Orbis Books (165 pages) |
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From Holy Power to Holy Profits: The Black Church and Community Economic Empowerment By Walter Malone, Jr. Published in 1997 by African American Images (132 pages) |
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God of the Oppressed By James H. Cone Published in 1997 by Orbis Books (257 pages) |
1996
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And Still We Rise: An Introduction to Black Liberation Theology By Diana L. Hayes Published in 1996 by Paulist Press (219 pages) |
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Black Man's Religion: Can Christianity Be Afrocentric? By Glen Usry and Craig S. Keener Published in 1996 by InterVarsity Press (249 pages) |
1995
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With Heart and Hand: The Black Church Working to Save Black Children By Susan Newman Published in 1995 by Judson Press (81 pages) |
1994
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The Black Christ By Kelly Brown Douglas Published in 1994 by Orbis Books (134 pages) |
1993
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Black Theology: A Documentary History, V.1 (1966-1979) By James H. Cone and Gayraud S. Wilmore Published in 1993 by Orbis Books (--- pages) |
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Black Theology: A Documentary History, V.2 (1980-1992) By James H. Cone and Gayraud S. Wilmore Published in 1993 by Orbis Books (464 pages) |
1991-1992 NO TITLES AVAILABLE
1990
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The Black Church in the African American Experience By C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence Mamiya Published in 1990 by Duke University Press (536 pages) |
1986-1989 NO TITLES AVAILABLE
1985
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The Social Teaching of the Black Churches By Peter J. Paris Published in 1985 by Augsburg Fortress (176 pages) |
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My Soul Looks Back By James H. Cone Published in 1985 by Orbis Books (144 pages) |
1984
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Black Religion: The Negro and Christianity in the United States By Joseph R. Washington Published in 1984 by University Press of America (328 pages) |
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The Ministry of Music in the Black Church By J. Wendell Mapson Published in 1984 by Judson Press (96 pages) |
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For My People: Black Theology and the Black Church By James H. Cone Published in 1984 by Orbis Books (271 pages) |
1980-1983 NO TITLES AVAILABLE
1979
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Pastoral Care in the Black Church By Edward P. Wimberly Published in 1979 by Abingdon Press (128 pages) |
1975-1978 NO TITLES AVAILABLE
1974
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The Negro Church in America/ The Black Church Since Frazier By E. Franklin Frazier and C. Eric Lincoln Published in 1974 by Schocken (224 pages) |
1961-1973 NO TITLES AVAILABLE
1960
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Black Moses: The Story of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association By E. David Cronon ( Published in 1960 by University of Wisconsin Press (302 pages) |
