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United by Faith: The Multiracial Congregation As an Answer to the Problem of Race
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Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations
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“Christianity is not just reconciliation to God but reconciliation with people. You start out at the personal level and you see people as people. We also address systemic injustice, looking for ways to help either advocate for people who don’t have a voice or help make the playing ground a little more equal.”
Michael O. Emerson, Christian Smith • Divided by Faith
there could be a million affluent and upwardly mobile Black men out there who, like Jeremiah, have left evangelical churches. These men are by far the most educated and affluent of any of the dechurched categories, not just among evangelicals, but of any religious tradition.
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
from the perspective of the dominant class in Israel.
James H. Cone • God of the Oppressed
the rise of white Christian nationalism and the adaptation of white evangelicalism to a form of dominating partisanship is felt strongly by many in multiracial congregations. A particular stress and strain is being exerted on these tender communities. What, I’ve wondered, does the reconciliation movement look like as racial antagonisms are provoked... See more
I switched my major to psychology, but not before taking a class where we read Emile Durkheim’s The Elementary Forms of Religious Life.
That book shaped my view of God for the next 20 years of my life. Durkheim essentially argues that what people worship as God, whether they’re Aboriginal people in Australia or Catholic people in Europe or Muslim... See more
That book shaped my view of God for the next 20 years of my life. Durkheim essentially argues that what people worship as God, whether they’re Aboriginal people in Australia or Catholic people in Europe or Muslim... See more