A Mosaic of Believers
Subtitle: Diversity and Innovation in a Multiethnic Church
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: January 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780253344823
Subjects: Christianity; Religion - Denominations - Religions; Religion; California; Christianity - Denominations; General; Christianity and culture; Ethnicity; Religious aspects; United States
First sentence: In June 2001, I was busy around my office in Los Angeles answering phone calls, returning email, and looking through letters, when I came to an abrupt realization.
Description: ""Mosaic" in Southern California is one of the largest multiethnic congregations in America, and also one of the most innovative. In A Mosaic of Believers, Gerardo Marti takes us inside this unusual church. He shows how the church has achieved multiethnicity, not by targeting ethnic groups, but by providing multiple havens of inclusion and commonality that render ethnic differences moot." "Based on interviews and participation with the congregation and grounded in contemporary sociological theory, this book presents a rich portrait of an emerging religious community."--BOOK JACKET.