Crossing the Ethnic Divide

The Multiethnic Church on a Mission

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Marriage & Family, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Kathleen Garces-Foley ISBN: 9780199885961
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: February 22, 2007
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Kathleen Garces-Foley
ISBN: 9780199885961
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: February 22, 2007
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

While religious communities often stress the universal nature of their beliefs, it remains true that people choose to worship alongside those they identify with most easily. Multiethnic churches are rare in the United States, but as American attitudes toward diversity change, so too does the appeal of a church that offers diversity. Joining such a community, however, is uncomfortable-worshippers must literally cross the barriers of ethnic difference by entering the religious space of the ethnically "other." Through the story of one multiethnic congregation in Southern California, Kathleen Garces-Foley examines what it means to confront the challenges in forming a religious community across ethnic divisions and attracting a more varied membership.

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While religious communities often stress the universal nature of their beliefs, it remains true that people choose to worship alongside those they identify with most easily. Multiethnic churches are rare in the United States, but as American attitudes toward diversity change, so too does the appeal of a church that offers diversity. Joining such a community, however, is uncomfortable-worshippers must literally cross the barriers of ethnic difference by entering the religious space of the ethnically "other." Through the story of one multiethnic congregation in Southern California, Kathleen Garces-Foley examines what it means to confront the challenges in forming a religious community across ethnic divisions and attracting a more varied membership.

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