Introduction : Black churches within a changing civic culture in America / R. Drew Smith
Revisiting the "all-comprehending institution" : historical reflections on the public roles of blck churches / Lewis Baldwin
What a fellowship : civil society, African American churches, and public life / Allison Calhoun-Brown
System confidence, congregational characteristics, and black church civic engagement / R. Drew Smith, Corwin Smidt
"To form a more perfect union" : African Americans and American civil religion / David Howard-Pitney.
Recognition, respectability, and loyalty : black churches and the quest for civility / Walter Earl Fluker
No respect of persons? Religion, churches, and gender issues in the African American community / Allison Calhoun-Brown
"Doing all the good we can" : the political witness of African American holiness and Pentecostal churches in the post-civil rights era / David D. Daniels
Blyden's ghost : African American christianity and racial republicanism / C.R.D. Halisi
Doing something in Jesus' name : black churches and community development corporations / Michael Leo Owens.
Faith-based initiatives and the Constitution : black churches, government, and social services delivery / David Ryden
On seducing the Samaritan : the problematic of government aid to faith-based groups / Samuel K. Roberts.
