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16 Rutgers J. L. & Religion 1 (2014-2015)

handle is hein.journals/rjlr16 and id is 1 raw text is: SHAPING THEIR BETTER CHARACTER: RELIGION IN AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE AGE OF OBAMA Philip C. Aka* Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE OF STUDY ...... ... ... ... ..3 II. IS PRESIDENT OBAMA BLACK? . ................ ... ... ... .6 III. WHICH BLACKS ARE AFRICAN AMERICANS? ...... ........10 IV. HISTORICAL BACKDROP ON RELIGION IN AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICS ... .......... ............ ... ... ... ... 17 V. RELIGION IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE ......... ... ... ... 22 A. Diversification Away from Christianity.... .......23 B. Manifestations of Religion in African American Politics...... ... ... ....... .........25 C. Race, Freedom, and Equality as Key Concepts in the African American Religious Tradition ..... .......28 VI. SERVING THE NEEDY WHILE PRESERVING THE FIGURATIVE WALL SEPARATING CHURCH AND STATE: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FAITH-BASED PROGRAM AND ITS Professor of Political Science, Chicago State University; Adjunct Professor of Law and S.J.D. Candidate, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law-Indianapolis; Member of the Illinois Bar; former Vice Chair, ABA Committee on International Human Rights; B.A. (magna cum laude), Edinboro University of Pennsylvania; M.A., University of North Texas; J.D., Temple University School of Law; LL.M. (summa cum laude), Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis; Ph.D., Howard University. I gratefully acknowledge the editors of the Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion for their conscientious energies in preparing this Article for publication. Any remaining errors are mine alone.