Crossing the Ethnic Divide: The Multiethnic Church on a Mission (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195311082)

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.

Author: Kathleen Garces-Foley
ISBN-10: 0195311086
ISBN-13: 9780195311082
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/22/2007
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.51w x 0.73d