United by Faith : The Multiracial Congregation as an Answer to the Problem of Race.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (239 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780198034728Subject(s): Race relations -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: United by Faith : The Multiracial Congregation as an Answer to the Problem of RaceDDC classification: 270.08 LOC classification: BT734.2.U55 2003Online resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Divided or United by Faith? -- I: BIBLICAL ANTECEDENTS FOR MULTIRACIAL CONGREGATIONS -- 1. A House of Prayer for All the Nations -- 2. Congregations in the Early Church -- II: MULTIRACIAL CONGREGATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES -- 3. Congregations and the Color Line (1600-1940) -- 4. The Emergence of Multiracial Congregations (1940-2000) -- 5. A Closer Look at Four Multiracial Congregations -- III: RATIONALES FOR AND RESPONSES TO THE RACIAL SEGREGATION OF CONGREGATIONS -- 6. Rejecting the White Man's Religion -- 7. Separate but Equal -- 8. Arguing the Case for Multiracial Congregations -- IV: DEVELOPING MULTIRACIAL CONGREGATIONS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- 9. The Truth of the Gospel -- 10. The Promise and the Challenges of Multiracial Congregations -- Epilogue: The Multiracial Congregation as an Answer to the Problem of Race -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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.
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