{"product_id":"against-all-odds-the-struggle-for-racial-integration-in-religious-organizations-paperback-1","title":"Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrad Christerson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Oluf Emerson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKorie Little Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligious institutions are among the most segregated organizations in American society. This segregation has long been a troubling issue among scholars and religious leaders alike.\u003cbr\u003e 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?\u003cbr\u003e Following up on Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith's award-winning Divided by Faith, \u003cb\u003eAgainst All Odds\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrad Christerson (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBrad Christerson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of Sociology at Biola University and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Network Christianity, Growing Up in America: The Power of Race in the Lives of Teens \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Oluf Emerson (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Oluf Emerson \u003c\/b\u003eis Provost and Professor of Urban Studies at North Park University in Chicago, and a Kinder Fellow at Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research. He has authored or co-authored fifteen books, including Divided By Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America, Transcending Racial Barriers, and Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations (NYU Press, 2005). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKorie Little Edwards (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKorie Little Edwards \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Sociology at The Ohio State University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches \u003c\/i\u003e(OUP, 2008) and co-author of \u003ci\u003eAgainst All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations\u003c\/i\u003e (NYU Press, 2005). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 197\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.96 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42597283627104,"sku":"9780814722244","price":76.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/ZVU0cS9iUDcreUJUZnJqa2xLbjkyUT09.webp?v=1771732540","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/against-all-odds-the-struggle-for-racial-integration-in-religious-organizations-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}