Michael O. Emerson is the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Fellow and Director of the Religion and Public Policy Program at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. He is the author of The Religion of Whteness: How Racism Distorts Christian Faith, among many other publications, and the winner of several research and teaching awards. He has featured in numerous media outlets, including CBS Evening News, National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, podcasts, and SiriusXM radio.Christian Smith is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. He is well known for his research focused on religion, adolescents and emerging adults, and social theory. For his work on evangelicalism, he developed the subcultural identity theory of religious persistence and strength.

• PrefaceIntroduction to Religion and the Racialized Society1. Confronting the Black--White Divide2. From Separate Pews to Separate Churches: Evangelical Racial Thought and Practice, 1700--19643. Becoming Active: Contemporary Involvement in the America Dilemma4. Color Blind: Evangelicals Speak on the Race Problem5. Controlling One's Own Destiny: Explaining Economic Inequality between Black and White Americans6. Let's Be Friends: Exploring Solutions to the Race Problem7. The Organization of Religion and Internally Similar Congregations8. Structurally Speaking: Religion and Racialization9. Conclusion10. Twenty-Five Years Later . . . Evolving and RevolvingAppendix AAppendix BNotesBibliographyIndex

Michael O. Emerson is the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Fellow and Director of the Religion and Public Policy Program at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. He is the author of The Religion of Whteness: How Racism Distorts Christian Faith, among many other publications, and the winner of several research and teaching awards. He has featured in numerous media outlets, including CBS Evening News, National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, podcasts, and SiriusXM radio.Christian Smith is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. He is well known for his research focused on religion, adolescents and emerging adults, and social theory. For his work on evangelicalism, he developed the subcultural identity theory of religious persistence and strength.

• PrefaceIntroduction to Religion and the Racialized Society1. Confronting the Black--White Divide2. From Separate Pews to Separate Churches: Evangelical Racial Thought and Practice, 1700--19643. Becoming Active: Contemporary Involvement in the America Dilemma4. Color Blind: Evangelicals Speak on the Race Problem5. Controlling One's Own Destiny: Explaining Economic Inequality between Black and White Americans6. Let's Be Friends: Exploring Solutions to the Race Problem7. The Organization of Religion and Internally Similar Congregations8. Structurally Speaking: Religion and Racialization9. Conclusion10. Twenty-Five Years Later . . . Evolving and RevolvingAppendix AAppendix BNotesBibliographyIndex

Michael O. Emerson is the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Fellow and Director of the Religion and Public Policy Program at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. He is the author of The Religion of Whteness: How Racism Distorts Christian Faith, among many other publications, and the winner of several research and teaching awards. He has featured in numerous media outlets, including CBS Evening News, National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, podcasts, and SiriusXM radio.Christian Smith is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. He is well known for his research focused on religion, adolescents and emerging adults, and social theory. For his work on evangelicalism, he developed the subcultural identity theory of religious persistence and strength.

• PrefaceIntroduction to Religion and the Racialized Society1. Confronting the Black--White Divide2. From Separate Pews to Separate Churches: Evangelical Racial Thought and Practice, 1700--19643. Becoming Active: Contemporary Involvement in the America Dilemma4. Color Blind: Evangelicals Speak on the Race Problem5. Controlling One's Own Destiny: Explaining Economic Inequality between Black and White Americans6. Let's Be Friends: Exploring Solutions to the Race Problem7. The Organization of Religion and Internally Similar Congregations8. Structurally Speaking: Religion and Racialization9. Conclusion10. Twenty-Five Years Later . . . Evolving and RevolvingAppendix AAppendix BNotesBibliographyIndex