Document Type
Dataset
Source Publication Title
Production/Collection Date
04-13-2018
Depositor
Jason Shelton
Deposit Date
7-29-2024
Data Type
General Social Survey
Abstract
The code for the Black Reltrad method of categorizing religious affiliations among African Americans.
The Black Church has remained an important topic of scholarly interest for more than a century, but less attention has been devoted to the consequences of contrasting denominational affiliations within the African-American Protestant religious tradition. We advance a new coding scheme that allows researchers to measure and test black affiliates across a range of denominations with roots inside and outside of the greater Black Church. Findings from the 1972 to 2014 General Social Surveys indicate that our “Black Reltrad” syntax more meticulously captures similarities and differences among African Americans with respect to religious sensibilities, religious-related social attitudes, and engagement in black politics than extant coding schemes. Consequently, although the legacy of racial discrimination and inequality binds blacks together, scholars must also recognize differences within the African-American Protestant religious tradition.
Disciplines
Anthropology | Sociology
Publication Date
4-13-2018
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Shelton, Jason, "The BLACK RELTRAD Method for Classifying Protestant Denominations" (2018). Sociology & Anthropology Datasets. 2.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/sociologyanthropology_datasets/2