| New day begun: African American churches and civic culture in post-civil rights America RD Smith Duke University Press, 2003 | 73 | 2003 |
| Congregations in low-income neighborhoods and the implications for social welfare policy research ML Owens, RD Smith Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 34 (3), 316-339, 2005 | 53 | 2005 |
| Churches and the urban poor: Interaction and social distance RD Smith Sociology of religion 62 (3), 301-313, 2001 | 51 | 2001 |
| Long March ahead: African American churches and public policy in post-civil rights America RD Smith Duke University Press, 2004 | 38 | 2004 |
| Freedom's distant shores: American Protestants and post-colonial alliances with Africa RD Smith Baylor University Press, 2006 | 29 | 2006 |
| Missionaries, church movements, and the shifting religious significance of the state in Zambia RD Smith Journal of Church and State, 525-550, 1999 | 21 | 1999 |
| Black religious nationalism and the politics of transcendence RD Smith Journal of the American Academy of Religion 66 (3), 533-547, 1998 | 18 | 1998 |
| Churches, blackness, and contested multiculturalism: Europe, Africa, and North America R Smith, W Ackah, A Reddie Springer, 2014 | 13 | 2014 |
| Religion, culture and spirituality in Africa and the African diaspora W Ackah, JE Dodson, RD Smith Routledge, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |
| System confidence, congregational characteristics, and Black church civic engagement RD Smith, C Smidt New day begun: African American churches and civic culture in post-Civil …, 2003 | 12 | 2003 |
| From every mountainside: Black churches and the broad terrain of Civil rights RD Smith SUNY Press, 2013 | 9 | 2013 |
| Megachurches: African-American Churches in Social and Political Context RD Smith, T Tucker-Worgs The State of Black America 2000, 187, 2000 | 9 | 2000 |
| South Sudan’s costly conflict and the urgent role of religious leaders LP Modi, EO Opongo, R Drew Smith The review of faith & international affairs 17 (2), 37-46, 2019 | 7 | 2019 |
| Black Denominational Responses to US-Middle East Policy since 9/11 RD Smith The Review of Faith & International Affairs 6 (1), 5-16, 2008 | 7 | 2008 |
| Assessing the public policy practices of African American churches RD Smith Long March Ahead: African American Churches and Public Policy in Post-Civil …, 2004 | 7 | 2004 |
| New Day Begun: African American Churches and Civic Culture in Post-Civil Rights America SR Drew, S Corwin, RD Smith Duke University Press, Durham, 2003 | 7 | 2003 |
| The Public Influences of African-American Churches: Contexts and Capacities RD Smith Leadership Center at Morehouse College, 2002 | 7 | 2002 |
| Contesting post-racialism: Conflicted churches in the United States and South Africa RD Smith, W Ackah, AG Reddie, RS Tshaka Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2015 | 6 | 2015 |
| Urban marginality, religious liminality, and the black poor R Drew Smith HTS Theological Studies 71 (3), 01-08, 2015 | 6 | 2015 |
| Black churches within a changing civic culture in America RD Smith New day begun: African American churches and civic culture in post-civil …, 2003 | 6 | 2003 |
