Abstract
Religiosity is one of the most prominent characteristics of many strong African American families. While scholars have examined the role of religion in various macro-level contexts (e.g., churches, communities, organizations), we know less regarding how religion directly influences the worldview and relational processes of African American families. To address this paucity, we provide in-depth, qualitative responses from 26 African American Christian families (N = 55 individuals) regarding how prayer and faith influence their marriage and parenting processes. Qualitative analyses revealed that prayer and faith reportedly influenced strong African American marriages in three domains: (1) General Life Strengths, (2) Marital Strengths, and (3) Parenting Strengths. This study emphasizes the importance of using a strengths-based perspective to understand how religion sustains many strong Black families.
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