United by faith
Subtitle: the multiracial congregation as an answer to the problem of race
By: Curtiss Paul DeYoung ... [et al.].
Contributors: DeYoung, Curtiss Paul.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Description: Presents an argument for multiracial Christian congregations in breaking down racial barriers in the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-212) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. A house of prayer for all the nations; title: 2. Congregations in the early church; title: 3. Congregations and the color line (1600-1940); title: 4. The emergence of multiracial congregations (1940-2000); title: 5. A closer look at four multiracial congregations; title: 6. Rejecting the white man's religion; title: 7. Separate but equal; title: 8. Arguing the case for multiracial congregations; title: 9. The truth of the gospel; title: 10. The promise and the challenges of multiracial congregations.