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Religions 2011, 2, 277-296; doi:10.3390/rel2030277 OPEN ACCESS religions ISSN 2077-1444 /journal/religions Article The Connection between Worship Attendance and Racial Segregation Attitudes among White and Black Americans R. Khari Brown Department of Sociology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; E-Mail: kharib@ Received: 20 May 2011; in revised form: 1 July 2011 / Accepted: 6 July 2011 / Published: 12 July 2011 Abstract: The present study finds that, for Whites, worship attendance is associated with heightened support for racial segregation. This has much to do with the fact that the individuals that attend worship service the least, secular and young adults, tend to be more racially progressive. That is, the extent to which secular and Generation X and Y individuals attend worship services as often as others, worship attendance is associated with weakened opposition to racial segregation. Conversely, worship attendance, religious affiliation, and age cohort are largely unrelated to Black racial segregation attitudes. Keywords: racial attitudes; denominational affiliation; age-cohorts; worship attendance 1. Introduction All major religions promote a common kinship of humankind, in which all people are neighbors and equally valuable in the eyes of the creator. At the same time, religious doctrine has often been used by dominant groups to reinforce hegemony. This dialectic is well exemplified by the Civil Rights Movement where prophetic clergy and lay persons successfully chall