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For many Black Americans, faith is central to how we cope, connect, and endure. Four studies my colleagues and I published this past year show that faith can protect our health. They also show that its benefits do not reach everyone equally. Faith is not the problem. These findings raise a harder question: when Black women bring their stress to the church, what are they carrying back out? Their burden may include serving, organizing, and caring for everyone else.

New Publication Alert! Epigenetics, Structural Determinants, and Race: An Integrated Conceptual Framework for Embodied Stress, Resilience, & Black Women’s Cardiometabolic Health

Research brief, religion and health