United by Faith The Multiracial Congregation As an Answer to the Problem of Race

Name: United by Faith The Multiracial Congregation As an Answer to the Problem of Race
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ISBN: 9780195177527

ISBN-10: 0195177525

ISBN-13: 9780195177527

Edition: 2004

Authors: Curtiss Paul DeYoung, Michael O. Emerson, George Yancey, Karen Chai Kim

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In the last four decades, desegregation has revolutionized almost every aspect of life in the United States: schools, businesses, government offices, even entertainment. But there is one area that remains largely untouched, and that is the church. Now comes a major new call for multiracial congregations in every possible setting--a call that is surprisingly controversial, even in the twenty-first century. In United By Faith, a multiracial team of sociologists and a minister of the Church of God argue that multiracial Christian congregations offer a key to opening the still-locked door between the races in the United States. They note, however, that a belief persists--even in…

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List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/23/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Divided or United by Faith?



Biblical Antecedents for Multiracial Congregations



A House of Prayer for All the Nations



Congregations in the Early Church



Multiracial Congregations in the United States



Congregations and the Color Line (1600-1940)



The Emergence of Multiracial Congregations (1940-2000)



A Closer Look at Four Multiracial Congregations



Rationales for and Responses to the Racial Segregation of Congregations



Rejecting the White Man's Religion



Separate but Equal



Arguing the Case for Multiracial Congregations



Developing Multiracial Congregations in the Twenty-first Century



The Truth of the Gospel



The Promise and the Challenges of Multiracial Congregations


Epilogue: The Multiracial Congregation as an Answer to the Problem of Race


Notes


Bibliography


Index