Gerardo Marti is L. Richardson King Associate Professor of Sociology at Davidson College. He is author of A Mosaic of Believers: Diversity and Innovation in a Multiethnic Church, Hollywood Faith: Holiness, Prosperity, and Ambition in a Los Angeles Church, and Worship across the Racial Divide: Religious Music and the Multiracial Church.Gladys Ganiel is Research Fellow at Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen's University Belfast. She is author of Evangelicalism and Conflict in Northern Ireland and co-author (with Claire Mitchell) of Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture.

While critics may worry about the impact on the Tea Party of theocratic politics, the 'emergent church' may yet turn out to be the more significant turn within recent American religious history.

• Preface1. Introduction2. Pluralist Congregations 3. Being an Emerging Christian4. Faith as Conversation5. Deconstructing Congregational Practices 6. Following Jesus in the Real World7. Understanding Emerging ChristianityAppendix: Research MethodologyNotesBibliographyIndex

Gerardo Marti is L. Richardson King Associate Professor of Sociology at Davidson College. He is author of A Mosaic of Believers: Diversity and Innovation in a Multiethnic Church, Hollywood Faith: Holiness, Prosperity, and Ambition in a Los Angeles Church, and Worship across the Racial Divide: Religious Music and the Multiracial Church.Gladys Ganiel is Research Fellow at Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen's University Belfast. She is author of Evangelicalism and Conflict in Northern Ireland and co-author (with Claire Mitchell) of Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture.

While critics may worry about the impact on the Tea Party of theocratic politics, the 'emergent church' may yet turn out to be the more significant turn within recent American religious history.

• Preface1. Introduction2. Pluralist Congregations 3. Being an Emerging Christian4. Faith as Conversation5. Deconstructing Congregational Practices 6. Following Jesus in the Real World7. Understanding Emerging ChristianityAppendix: Research MethodologyNotesBibliographyIndex