Description
First published in 2000, Divided by Faith has become a landmark book for understanding race and religion in the United States. This second edition has been thoroughly overhauled with updated statistics and an additional chapter covering developments over the last twenty-five years.
Table of Contents
PrefaceIntroduction to Religion and the Racialized Society1. Confronting the Black--White Divide2. From Separate Pews to Separate Churches: Evangelical Racial Thought and Practice, 1700--19643. Becoming Active: Contemporary Involvement in the America Dilemma4. Color Blind: Evangelicals Speak on the Race Problem5. Controlling One's Own Destiny: Explaining Economic Inequality between Black and White Americans6. Let's Be Friends: Exploring Solutions to the Race Problem7. The Organization of Religion and Internally Similar Congregations8. Structurally Speaking: Religion and Racialization9. Conclusion10. Twenty-Five Years Later . . . Evolving and RevolvingAppendix AAppendix BNotesBibliographyIndex
