Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has spoken publicly about his faith. He joined the Church during his final season with the Oakland Raiders. Crediting the influence of teammate Todd Christensen, Owens (raised Baptist), and his wife Josie (raised Catholic), were baptized on December 31, 1982. In 1988, he spoke at a meeting sponsored by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies held on the 10th anniversary of the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood. Works and publications It's All About Team: Exposing the Black Talented Tenth, Paperless Publishing LLC, 2012. Liberalism or How to Turn Good Men into Whiners, Weenies and Wimps, Post Hill Press, 2016. Why I Stand: From Freedom to the Killing Fields of Socialism, Post Hill Press, 2018. See also Black conservatism in the United States List of African-American United States representatives List of American sportsperson-politicians References External links Representative Burgess Owens official U.S. House website Campaign website |- 1951 births 21st-century American politicians American athlete-politicians African-American Latter Day Saints African-American members of the United States House of Representatives African-American people in Utah politics African-American players of American football American football safeties Businesspeople from Utah Black conservatism in the United States Candidates in the 2020 United States elections Critics of Black Lives Matter Latter Day Saints from Ohio Latter Day Saints from Utah Living people Los Angeles Raiders players Miami Hurricanes football players New York Jets players Oakland Raiders players Players of American football from Columbus, Ohio Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Utah University of Miami alumni Converts to Mormonism from Baptist denominations 21st-century African-American politicians 20th-century African-American sportspeople