TY - BOOK ID - 78108534 TI - Against All Odds : The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations AU - Christerson, Brad AU - Emerson, Michael O. AU - Edwards, Korie L. PY - 2005 SN - 0814772730 0814790267 9780814790267 9780814772737 9780814722244 0814722245 0814722237 9780814722237 PB - New York : New York University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Religious institutions KW - Race relations KW - Ecclesiastical institutions KW - Faith-based institutions KW - Faith-based organizations KW - FBOs (Faith-based organizations) KW - Institutions, Ecclesiastical KW - Institutions, Religious KW - Religious and ecclesiastical institutions KW - Religious organizations KW - Associations, institutions, etc. KW - Religious facilities KW - Integration, Racial KW - Race problems KW - Race question KW - Relations, Race KW - Ethnology KW - Social problems KW - Sociology KW - Ethnic relations KW - Minorities KW - Racism KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - United States KW - Christianity. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78108534 AB - 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. ER -