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  • Chapter 3 - Black Same-Gender-Loving Male Couples’ Health within an Afrocentric Psychological Paradigm: The Influences of Spirituality and Religion

  • from Part I - Race, Racism, and Identity
  • Edited by Yamonte Cooper, El Camino College, Torrance, California, Erica Holmes, Antioch University, Los Angeles
  • Book:
    Black Couples Therapy
    Published online:
    27 July 2023
    Print publication:
    10 August 2023, pp 58-82
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    This chapter explores the ways in which religion, spirituality, and romance intersect in Black American same-gender-loving (SGL) men’s lives. Specifically, the author reviewed published scholarly literature on these topics. This review is followed by a critical analysis of the links between religion, spirituality, and romantic relationships and sexual experiences. This author explored the ways in which religion and spirituality influence the development, maintenance, dynamics, and quality of Black American SGL men’s romantic and sexual relationships. Then the author describes strategies, based on the reviewed literature and Afrocentric psychology theory, to help clinicians better assess the interplay of religion, spirituality, and romance. Clinical methods to treat sexual and psychological problems related to these factors are also explored. The chapter culminates with recommendations for future clinical research in this area.