Christian Religion Published by Black Americans in Decade: 1980s
- The Search for Common Ground by Howard Thurman
- For the Inward Journey by Howard Thurman
- The Centering Moment by Howard Thurman
- The Mood of Christmas & Other Celebrations by Howard Thurman
- My Soul Looks Back by James H. Cone
- For My People: Black Theology and the Black Church by James H. Cone
- Speaking the Truth: Ecumenism, Liberation and Black Theology by James H. Cone
- The House of Bondage: or Charlotte Brooks and Other Slaves by Octavia V. Rogers Albert
- Afro-American Religious History: A documentary witness by Milton C. Sernett
- Sermons from the Black Pulpit by Samuel D. Proctor
- A History of Black Baptists by Leroy Fitts