The Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches

by Korie L. Edwards

It is communion Sunday at a mixed-race church. A black pastor and white head elder stand before the sanctuary as lay leaders pass out the host. An African-American woman sings a gospel song as a woman of Asian descent plays the piano. Then a black woman in the congregation throws her hands up and yells, over and over, "Thank you Lawd!" A few other African-Americans in the pews say "Amen," while white parishioners sit stone-faced. The befuddled white...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195314247
• ISBN13: 9780195314243
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"