People of the dream :: multiracial congregations in the United States /

It is sometimes said that the most segregated time of the week in the United States is Sunday morning. Even as workplaces and public institutions such as the military have become racially integrated, racial separation in Christian religious congregations is the norm. And yet some congregations remai...

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1. Verfasser: Emerson, Michael O., 1965-
Weitere Verfasser: Woo, Rodney M., 1962-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2008.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
DE-863
Zusammenfassung:It is sometimes said that the most segregated time of the week in the United States is Sunday morning. Even as workplaces and public institutions such as the military have become racially integrated, racial separation in Christian religious congregations is the norm. And yet some congregations remain stubbornly, racially mixed. People of the Dream is the most complete study of this phenomenon ever undertaken. Author Michael Emerson explores such questions as: how do racially mixed congregations come together? How are they sustained? Who attends them, how did they get there, and what are their.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-255) and index.
ISBN:9781400837700
1400837707

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