{"product_id":"against-all-odds-brad-christerson-9780814722237","title":"Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brad Christerson, Michael Oluf Emerson, Korie Little Edwards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814722237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814722237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.08w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2005 pg. 53","brand":"Brad Christerson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44254741070079,"sku":"9780814722237","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2fd7fb8c-5cfb-4784-80d6-c89008f52e7e.jpg?v=1694614109","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/against-all-odds-brad-christerson-9780814722237","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}