This One New Humanity : Can Multi-Ethnic Evangelical Churches Be Spaces for Racial Reconciliation?
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Haesly, Richard
Haas, Liesl
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2023
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25
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The growth in multi-ethnic Evangelical churches (MECs) is a surprising phenomenon given the history of racial segregation in American Evangelicalism. Using interviews and ethnographic data, we delineate cultural, theological, political, and psychological obstacles MECS face in transforming themselves into spaces to confront racial inequalities in the congregation and the larger society. We argue that MECs find themselves in a “valley of transition,” where obstacles might create backlash from white and Black Evangelicals alike. However, opportunities remain for these churches to model for other Evangelicals and the larger American community how to do the difficult work of seeking racial justice.
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Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center, Creighton University
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1522-5658