Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-167) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: The struggle for inclusive multicultural U.S. Protestant congregations -- Intersectionality: a feminist interpretive methodology -- Part I. Developing a theory of intersectionality in inclusive churches -- Afrocentricism, color-blind ideology, and intersectionality: three models of internal Christian congregational cohesion -- Christian evangelical internal discussions of the 2008 presidential election -- An Africana feminist critique of American Christian antiwar (dis)engagements -- Part II. Becoming inclusive in a Presbyterian church: 1940 to 1980 -- A Presbyterian campus church: 1940 to 1953 -- McKinley, UPCUSA, and civil rights: 1953 to 1967 -- Growing pains of a social justice ministry: 1968 to 1973 -- The dawning of more light Presbyterianism at McKinley -- Conclusion: New definitions of the inclusive social justice church and a theory of intentional institutional social change -- Appendix: PC(USA) precursors and McKinley Memorial Presbyterian Church timeline 1789-1983, including sources.
Summary:
Using case studies of five multicultural Protestant churches, Zerai examines how church members can find ways to create inclusive communities.
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