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African Americans. Religion of Black Americans refers to the religious and spiritual practices of African Americans. Historians generally agree that the religious life of Black Americans "forms the foundation of their community life". [1] Before 1775 there was scattered evidence of organized religion among Black people in the Thirteen Colonies.
v. t. e. Black theology, or black liberation theology, refers to a theological perspective which originated among African-American seminarians and scholars, and in some black churches in the United States and later in other parts of the world. It contextualizes Christianity in an attempt to help those of African descent overcome oppression.
The Black Church (sometimes termed Black Christianity or African American Christianity) is the faith and body of Christian denominations and congregations in the United States that predominantly minister to, and are also led by African Americans, as well as these churches' collective traditions and members.
Black Catholicism or African-American Catholicism comprises the African-American people, beliefs, and practices in the Catholic Church. There are currently around three million Black Catholics in the United States, making up 6% of the total population of African Americans, who are mostly Protestant, and 4% of American Catholics. [ 1 ][ 2 ...
African-American Muslims, also known as Black Muslims, are an African-American religious minority. [1] African-American Muslims account for over 20% of American Muslims. [ 2 ] They represent one of the larger Muslim populations of the United States as there is no ethnic group that makes up the majority of American Muslims. [ 3 ]
Black people and Mormonism. During the history of the Latter Day Saint movement, the relationship between Black people and Mormonism has included enslavement, exclusion and inclusion, and official and unofficial discrimination. [1]: 1–5 Black people have been involved with the Latter Day Saint movement since its inception in the 1830s. [2 ...
e. Example of Louisiana Voodoo altar inside a temple in New Orleans. African diaspora religions, also described as Afro-American religions, are a number of related beliefs that developed in the Americas in various nations of the Caribbean, Latin America and the Southern United States. They derive from traditional African religions with some ...
Rastafari often claim the flag of the Ethiopian Royal Standard as was used during Haile Selassie's reign. It combines the conquering lion of Judah, symbol of the Ethiopian monarchy, with red, gold, and green. Rastafari, sometimes called Rastafarianism, is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s.