Afro-American Religion and Theology Research Guide

These sample search terms can be used for inspiration in picking a topic, or for brainstorming possible terms to search for in databases or the library catalog. It's important to think about synonyms when searching. Use these as a jumping off point.

African American Religion and Theology

• African American Baptists
• African American Churches—History
• African American clergy
• African American Episcopalians
• African American Evangelists
• African American intellectuals
• African American leadership
• African American messianism
• African American Muslims
• African American Pentecostals
• African American philosophy
• African American preaching
• African American public worship
• African American social workers—religious life
• African American women civil rights workers—religious life—history—20^th century
• African American women clergy
• African Americans—civil rights
• African Americans—ethnic identity
• African Americans—intellectual life
• African Americans—religion
• African Americans—religion—sermons
• African Union Methodist Protestant Church (U.S.)
• Afrocentrism—religious aspects—Christianity
• Bellah, Robert Neely
• Bible—black interpretations
• Black English—religious aspects
• Black Hebrews
• Black Muslims
• Black nationalism—religious aspects
• Black Panther party
• Black theology
• Black theology—history
• Blacks in the bible
• Blacks—America—religion
• Christianity and other religions—Islam
• Christianity and politics
• Church and social problems
• Civil religion—United States
• Civil rights—religious aspects—Christianity—History—20^th century
• Civil rights—religious aspects—Islam—history—20^th century
• Du Boise, W.E.B.—religion
• Ethnicity—religious aspects
• Farrakhan, Louis
• Grant, Jacqueline
• Islam—relations—Christianity
• Islam—United States
• Jackson, Jesse
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968—views on religion
• Liberation theology
• Marginality, social—moral and ethical aspects
• Martin, Marty
• Mead, Sydney M.
• Muhammad, Elijah
• Muslims, Black—America
• Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.)
• Niebuhr, H. Richard
• Niebuhr, Rinhold
• Race relations—religious aspects
• Race—religious aspects
• Race—religious aspects—Holiness Churches
• Religion and politics—United States
• Sermons, American—African American Authors
• Slaves—religious life—United States
• Spirituals (songs)—history and criticism
• United States—church history
• X, Malcolm, 1925-1965--religion