Studying Race and Religion

Emerson, Michael O.; Korver‐Glenn, Elizabeth; Douds, Kiara Wyndham

doi:10.1177/2332649215584759

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“…Because Black adolescents' experiences with religiosity are bound by race (Edwards, 2008;Mattis & Grayman-Simpson, 2013), an investigation of religiosity and sexual initiation should include racial identity and examine racial identity and religiosity simultaneously. The identification of four classes supports literature examining the racial context (i.e., racialization) of Black adolescent religiosity (Edwards, 2008;Emerson, Korver-Glenn, & Douds, 2015), the dynamic interaction between religiosity and racial identity, and the importance of disentangling race and ethnicity from racial identity (Ojikutu et al, 2013;Rivas-Drake et al, 2014).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 69%

“…No a priori hypotheses were made about the number of profiles this analysis would yield or how they would be characterized. The identification of four profiles suggests that religiosity shapes racial identity and racial identity shapes religiosity (i.e., they are mutually constitutive) (Cone, 2008;Emerson et al, 2015). Membership in the high intersected identity class was the largest of the sample (35%) followed by membership in the high religiosity class (27%).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Person‐Centered Approach to the Study of Black Adolescent Religiosity, Racial Identity, and Sexual Initiation

Taggart

Hammond²,

Gottfredson

et al. 2019

J of Research on Adolesc

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Decreasing the number of adolescents who have never had sexual intercourse is one way to address sexual health disparities. We used intersectionality to explore the joint effects of religiosity and racial identity on Black adolescent sexual initiation. Data originated from the National Survey of American Life‐Adolescent (n = 1,170), a nationally representative study of Black adolescents. Latent profile analysis and survival analysis were used to evaluate study hypotheses. Results showed four distinct profiles of religiosity and racial identity. These profiles explained 19% of the variability in sexual initiation. Additional analyses revealed sociodemographic differences in profile membership. Findings contribute to understanding ethnic heterogeneity among Black adolescents and racial identity and religiosity as sociocultural factors that influence sexual initiation; and support reconceptualizing Black adolescent religiosity.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 69%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Person‐Centered Approach to the Study of Black Adolescent Religiosity, Racial Identity, and Sexual Initiation

Taggart

Hammond²,

Gottfredson

et al. 2019

J of Research on Adolesc

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“…We cannot tell the story of race without the stories of religion and science. Sociology of race and ethnicity scholarship is further along in analyzing how scientific frameworks produce race today (Hunter, 2002;Zuberi, 2001;Zuberi & Bonilla-Silva, 2008) while paying less attention to the role of religion-as a mode of organizing and categorizing into groups (Emerson et al, 2015). I propose reframing the study of racialization such that it begins with the knowledge that religion lives on within the concept of race, and thus to study race is to automatically study religion.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Retrieving the religion in racialization: A critical review

Husain

2017

Sociology Compass

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Scholars across disciplines have argued that race and religion are co‐constituted in part because of their historical relationship. The concept of racialization, particularly as it is housed in racial formation theory, is the way that most empirical research in sociology has approached analysis of this co‐constitution. Such analysis however is often at the expense of empirically accounting for the historical relationship between race and religion. In this article, I argue for stronger empirical consideration of this historical relationship in research on racialization. I discuss what is at stake in deeper empirical analysis and what scholars gain by using religion as a starting point to understand racialization today.

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“…Though empirical research on race and religion increased considerably in recent decades, the roots of this work trace back to W.E.B. Du Bois (Emerson, Korver‐Glenn, and Douds 2015). In both his empirical analyses and creative writing, Du Bois made it clear that religion is closely intertwined with our social structures and social life, not an independent sphere (Zuckerman 2002).…”

Section: Race Religion and Rhetoricmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Too Much to Hope”: Analyzing Clergy Rhetoric on White Supremacy

Gilliland

2023

Scientific Study of Religion

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As Du Bois observed a century ago, the White Church as an institution is largely associated with maintaining the status quo of racial stratification rather than offering a progressive force. To analyze the rhetoric of predominantly White clergy on race, I analyze a sample of sermons from predominantly White congregations in Charlottesville, VA following the 2017 White supremacist rally (N = 87 sermons from 38 congregations). I find that clergy draw on individualistic, other‐worldly, and structural frameworks to explain the causes of and solutions to racism and racial violence. These frameworks carry different consequences; individualistic explanations are associated with calls for self‐examination and prayer, while seeing racism as a battle between forces comes limited individual engagement. Further, these frameworks are overlapping within the sermons, clouding the appropriate responses to racial violence. As a whole, these responses largely affirm Du Bois’ low expectations for the White Church in combatting racism and inequality.

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Studying Race and Religion

Cited by 42 publications

References 85 publications

A Person‐Centered Approach to the Study of Black Adolescent Religiosity, Racial Identity, and Sexual Initiation

A Person‐Centered Approach to the Study of Black Adolescent Religiosity, Racial Identity, and Sexual Initiation

Retrieving the religion in racialization: A critical review

“Too Much to Hope”: Analyzing Clergy Rhetoric on White Supremacy

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