Author Question: African American churches in the U.S. have played an important role as agents of social change in ... (Read 36 times)

itsmyluck · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

African American churches in the U.S. have played an important role as agents of social change in all of the following ways except:

a. they have experienced significant decline in recent years.
b. they have served as rallying places for protestors and community activists.
c. they helped freed slaves on the Underground Railroad.
d. Black Muslims have been a force for change by encouraging autonomous African American communities.
e. they have fostered the idea of an autonomous African American community.

Question 2

Which of the following is false about liberation theology, which developed during the 1970s and 1980s in South America?

a. It is an activist form of Catholicism.
b. It has led to many deaths but very little substantial change in society.
c. It merged theology with an activism for social justice for the poor.
d. It led many priests and nuns to lose their lives in political conflict.
e. It is a militant form of religion.