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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 h

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Author

Emerson, Michael O.

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691124513

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, Christian, Religion