Afro-Eccentricity: Beyond the Standard Narrative of Black Religion

Gender, Religion, and Harm

“…While studies have emerged exploring the relations between harmful practices and religion, research that focuses on the myths surrounding religion in relation to HCP/ HTP is limited (Wangila, 2007). Yet research on religion and HCP/HTP since 2015 has also given us a much more nuanced insight into what religion means to people and how it is used, both positively and negatively, to shape wider political discourses, to create safe spaces, to process trauma, and to strategize (Bradley, 2020;Longman & Bradley, 2015;Winters, 2014). Religion often provides leadership which can potentially be harnessed for change.…”