People of the Dream: Multiracial Congregations in the United States
Dec 2010 · Princeton University Press
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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 experiences? Engagingly written, the book enters the worlds of these congregations through national surveys and in-depth studies of those attending racially mixed churches. Data for the book was collected over seven years by the author and his research team. It includes more than 2,500 telephone interviews, hundreds of written surveys, and extensive visits to mixed-race congregations throughout the United States.
People of the Dream argues that multiracial congregations are bridge organizations that gather and facilitate cross-racial friendships, disproportionately housing people who have substantially more racially diverse social networks than do other Americans. The book concludes that multiracial congregations and the people in them may be harbingers of racial change to come in the United States.
People of the Dream argues that multiracial congregations are bridge organizations that gather and facilitate cross-racial friendships, disproportionately housing people who have substantially more racially diverse social networks than do other Americans. The book concludes that multiracial congregations and the people in them may be harbingers of racial change to come 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 re...
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June 26, 2020
No the 0riginalS l n is you all pushing hypocrital lies if you were a real pastors you would know people were seperated byGod by the nations instead of pushingBabylonianMlxing which is a s. l. N also accusing WhtePeople for others privileged crimes!!God's son wasWhte btw!ChaplainBob and others prove this!!BabylonianRaclal mlxture is a S. I. N!!! Many pastors proven this you all are sick!!Your the ones who will get judgments!!He wasWhte many in MiddleEast in the past were to. Also mlxedCoupling is aS l n stop pushing you unmorallusts its been proven to be to by many pastors. Deuteronomy32:8, nations were seperatedbyHim!!.Stop pushing your sick agendas on ours and thechildren. Respect boundaries. Apologize for what?? MostSLve0wners were part of the t r l b e and there were nonwhteSlve0wners. Many of us been here way beforeC 0 l u m b u s. Please read books outside of the school system. No we shouldnt be in a d l v e r s l ty.
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Michael O. Emerson is Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Professor of Sociology and founding director of the Center on Race, Religion, and Urban Life at Rice University. He is the coauthor of several books, including Divided by Faith, United by Faith, and Against All Odds. Dr. Rodney Woo is Senior Pastor of the Wilcrest Baptist Church in Houston, Texas.
Michael O. Emerson is Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Professor of Sociology and founding director of the Center on Race, Religion, and Urban Life at Rice University. He is the coauthor of several books, including Divided by Faith, United by Faith, and Against All Odds. Dr. Rodney Woo is Senior Past...
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