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African Americans, black churches  

There's a Muslim in the House, Religion in the News, Summer/Fall 2007, by John Cosgriff.
Mr. Ellison goes to Congress.

Cult Fighting in Middle Georgia , Religion in the News, Summer 2006, by Susan Palmer.
A sheriff brings down a black spiritualist movement.

Raising Hell in Alabama, Religion in the News, Summer 2006, by David Stricoff.
Struggling to make sense of the Alabama church burnings.

Black Pastors Bridle at Gay Marriage, Religion in the News, Summer 2004, by Christine McCarthy McMorris
Does the cultural conservatism of African-American Protestants matter politically?

African Americans, Religion in the News, Fall 2003, by Fredrick Harris.
Special Section on Religion and the 2004 Election.

"Hide, Jesse, Hide", Religion in the News, Spring 2001, [Jesse Jackson’s out-of-wedlock fatherhood damages his moral credibility], by William K. Piotrowski, editorial assistant

"The Diallo Killing: Sharpton Ecumenistes", Religion in the News, Summer 1999, [Al Sharpton leads ecumenical protest], by William K. Piotrowski, editorial assistant

"Was the Church Arson Story Legit?", Religion in the News, Summer 1999, [correspondence], Ann Rodgers Melnick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, with reply from Katie Day, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia

"No National Conspiracy", Religion in the News, Spring 1999 [the black church burnings story], by Katie Day, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia

"Race and Disgrace", Religion in the News, Fall 1998, [scandal involving Rev. Henry Lyons of the National Baptist Convention, the largest denomination of black Christians in the U.S.], by Jerry Watts, Trinity College