Tucker-Worgs, Tamelyn. The Black Megachurch: Theology, Gender, and the Politics of Public Engagement (Baylor University Press, 2011), $39.95, 275 pp. ISBN: 978-1-6025-8422-8 (cloth). Winner of the 2012 W. E. B. DuBois Distinguished Book Award—Presented by the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.

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Tucker-Worgs, Tamelyn. The Black Megachurch: Theology, Gender, and the Politics of Public Engagement (Baylor University Press, 2011), $39.95, 275 pp. ISBN: 978-1-6025-8422-8 (cloth). Winner of the 2012 W. E. B. DuBois Distinguished Book Award—Presented by the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.

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Exploring the theological orientations of Black megachurches requires a firmer grasp on the state of the scholarship. The Black Megachurch is a good work in political science that offers many arenas for further research by more interdisciplinary-oriented researchers. Tamelyn Tucker-Worgs states that her work is the only “comprehensive study of the Black megachurch to date” and her central argument revolves around how the churches “fulfill the needs of the new black middle class suburbanites.” Tucker-Worgs merges theology with political science, resulting in what she sees as Black religious thought. Research on the economic breakdown of megachurches and the meanings of the idea that these churches are populated by the new Black middle class would be a good direction for further research. Scholars of color or scholars who research people of color need to have meaningful cross discipline conversations.