TY - BOOK AU - Emerson,Michael O. AU - Woo,Rodney M. TI - People of the dream: multiracial congregations in the United States SN - 9781400837700 AV - BL2525 .E44 2008eb U1 - 277.3083089 23 PY - 2008/// CY - Princeton, N.J., Oxford PB - Princeton University Press KW - Race relations KW - Religious aspects KW - Case studies KW - Religious institutions KW - United States KW - Relations raciales KW - Aspect religieux KW - Études de cas KW - Institutions religieuses KW - États-Unis KW - RELIGION KW - Christianity KW - History KW - bisacsh KW - General KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-255) and index; Prelude : Decision -- Dreams -- Distinctive -- Paths -- Folk -- Attractions -- Shadows -- Momentum -- Appendix A : Shifting visions : a brief history of metaphors for U.S. race and ethnic relations -- Appendix B : Statistical tables -- Appendix C : Methodology -- Appendix D : Instruments N2 - It is sometimes said that the most segregated time of the week in the United States is Sunday morning. Even as workplaces and public institutions such as the military have become racially integrated, racial separation in Christian religious congregations is the norm. And yet some congregations remain stubbornly, racially mixed. People of the Dream is the most complete study of this phenomenon ever undertaken. Author Michael Emerson explores such questions as: how do racially mixed congregations come together? How are they sustained? Who attends them, how did they get there, and what are their UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=355985 ER -