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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Main Author: Emerson, Michael O., 1965-
Other Authors: Woo, Rodney M., 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2008.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-255) and index.
ISBN:9781400837700
1400837707

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