People of the Dream : Multiracial Congregations in the United States /

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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 remai...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Emerson, Michael O., 1965-
Otros Autores: Woo, Rodney M., 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Religious institutions.
Race relations > Religious aspects.
Race relations.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Institutions religieuses > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Relations raciales > Aspect religieux > Études de cas.
Religious institutions > United States > Case studies.
Race relations > Religious aspects > Case studies.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Études de cas.
United States > Race relations > Case studies.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400837700

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