9780814722237-0814722237-Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations

Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations

ISBN-13: 9780814722237
ISBN-10: 0814722237
Author:
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: NYU Press
Format: Hardcover 197 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780814722237
ISBN-10: 0814722237
Author:
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: NYU Press
Format: Hardcover 197 pages

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Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations (ISBN-13: 9780814722237 and ISBN-10: 0814722237), written by authors , was published by NYU Press in 2005. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.36.

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Religious institutions are among the most segregated organizations in American society. This segregation has long been a troubling issue among scholars and religious leaders alike.

Despite attempts to address this racial divide, integrated churches are very difficult to maintain over time. Why is this so? How can organizations incorporate separate racial, ethnic, and cultural groups? Should they? And what are the costs and rewards for people and groups in such organizations?

Following up on Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith's award-winning Divided by Faith, Against All Odds breaks new ground by exploring the beliefs, practices, and structures which allow integrated religious organizations to survive and thrive despite their difficulties. Based on six in-depth ethnographies of churches and other Christian organizations, this engaging work draws on numerous interviews, so that readers can hear first-hand the joys and frustrations which arise from actually experiencing racial integration. The book gives an inside, visceral sense of what it is like to be part of a multiracial religious organization as well as a theoretical understanding of these experiences.

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