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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817272303321

Autore

Garces-Foley Kathleen <1972->

Titolo

Crossing the ethnic divide : the multiethnic church on a mission / / Kathleen Garces-Foley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-988596-6

0-19-979680-7

0-19-804249-3

1-280-96561-4

1-4356-1978-1

9786610965618

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

American Academy of Religion academy series

Disciplina

277.3/083089

Soggetti

Church and minorities

Church work with minorities

Ethnicity - Religious aspects - Christianity

Reconciliation - Religious aspects - Christianity

Christianity and culture

Multiculturalism - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references ( p.[159]-178) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: looking for the promised land -- For the healing of the nations -- The racial reconciliation movement -- The reconciliation generation -- Becoming a multiethnic church -- The dividing lines -- The culture of discomfort -- The multiethnic church in society.

Sommario/riassunto

Kathleen Garces-Foley challenges the accepted wisdom and puts forth an alternative hypothesis about the role of a multi-cultural ideology in integrating a range of ethnic and generational groups.