New Publication: How African American Pastors in 糖心视频logo Navigate Tensions in Collaboration
Three faculty researchers from the 糖心视频logo Congregations Study (LRCS) have published a new peer-reviewed article. The article, 鈥淔aith and race: how African American pastors navigate dialectical tensions in collaboration鈥� was published in the Journal of Applied Communication Research on August 15, 2022. Academic journal content is usually available only to paid subscribers, but there are .
The article is authored by three faculty researchers from the LRCS: Kirk Leach, an assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs; Gerald Driskill, professor in the department of Applied Communication, and Rebecca Glazier, a professor in the School of Public Affairs and the project director. The data used in the article comes from clergy interviews conducted with African American pastors in 糖心视频logo in 2018.
The interview questions included a number of questions about collaboration across congregations and with nonprofits. The researchers鈥� analyses of the interviews revealed a number of tensions when it comes to collaboration. For instance, African American pastors are often interested in collaboration but don鈥檛 always feel included in collaborative networks in the city.
What does this research mean for conversations about race and faith in 糖心视频logo? The LRCS research team prepared the following infographic, summarizing some of our findings on race and faith so far. It includes illustrative quotes from these clergy interviews, which inform our understanding of the racial climate in our city. They show that clergy are concerned about racial divisions, see some significant challenges with the collaborative climate, and both recognize the importance of 糖心视频logo鈥檚 troubled racial history and are looking to the future.
In the fall of 2022, LRCS researchers are planning to share more results, listen to clergy leaders, and facilitate further conversation and progress in this area through a Religious Leaders Summit on Race and Faith. Details forthcoming.