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

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

ISBN 10: 0195177525 / ISBN 13: 9780195177527

Published by Oxford University Press, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: United by Faith: The Multiracial Congregation As an Answer to the Problem of Race
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195177525
• ISBN 13: 9780195177527
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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 African-American and Latino churches--that racial segregation is an acceptable, even useful practice. The authors examine this question from biblical, historical, and theological perspectives to make their case for a theology suited to sustaining multiracial congregations over time.

About the Author

Curtiss Paul DeYoung is an Associate Professor of Reconciliation Studies at Bethel College, St. Paul, MN, and an ordained minister in the Church of God (Anderson, IN). Michael O. Emerson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, and is the co-author of Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America. George Yancey is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Texas. Karen Chai Kim is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston.