The Faith That Saved Us

How the Christian faith became the wellspring of endurance, dignity, and hope for a people who refused to be defined by their chains.

There are moments in history when survival itself becomes an act of theology. When every external system—economic, political, and social—conspires to strip away a people’s dignity, what remains is not merely resistance, but faith. The Christian faith, in particular, has done more than comfort African Americans through centuries of suffering; it has form…