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Michael LindsayMichael Lindsay
assistant professor of sociology and associate director of CORRUL, researches leadership, elites, inequality and religion.  Read More »
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Books

Passing the Plate(2)

Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don't Give Away More Money
By Christian Smith, Michael O. Emerson, Patricia Snell

This book describes the financial giving behavior of Chrsitians and lays down the gauntlet for change.

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Faith n the Halls of Power

Faith in the Halls of Power
By D. Michael Lindsay

This book examines the rise of evangelical Christian influence into positions of power in American public life.

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Korean American Evangelicals New Models for Civic Life

Korean American Evangelicals New Models for Civic Life
By Elaine Howard Ecklund

This book examines how Korean Americans use religion to negotiate civic responsibility, as well as to create racial and ethnic identities.

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People of the Dream(2)

People of the Dream: Multiracial Congregations in the United States
by Michael O. Emerson

This book is an in-depth study of contemporary religious multiracial congregations.

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Against All Odds(2)

Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations
By Brad Christerson, Michael O. Emerson and Korie Edwards

This book gives the reader an inside, visceral sense of what it is like to be part of a multiracial religious organization as well as a theoretical understanding of these experiences.

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United by Faith(2)

United By Faith: The Multiracial Congregation as an Answer to the Problem of Race
By Curtiss Paul DeYoung, Michael O. Emerson, George Yancy and Karen Chai Kim

This book examines the promise and pitfalls of racial integraton within churches.

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Divided by Faith(2)

Divided By Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem on Race in America
By Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith

This book explores how white evangelicals perpetuate racial divisions.

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