Black women are religious and rely on spirituality for well-being
but many churches are not responding to an urgent moral crisis of criminality that undermines Black women's wholeness
...but many churches are not responding to an urgent moral crisis of criminality that undermine Black women's wholeness
According to a Pew Research Report (February 2021) titled, “Faith Among Black Americans,” forty-two percent of Black Americans surveyed (n=8,660), heard a sermon on race. However, only a third or thirty-one percent heard a sermon on criminal justice reform. This disparity is alarming when considering Black Americans who comprise a vast majority of Protestant church congregations and are disproportionately impacted by the U.S. criminal system, including Black women who are among the fastest growing population in prisons, but who are less likely to hear sermons connecting religious values to criminal justice reform.
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