Brad Christerson (Author) Brad Christerson is Professor in the Department of Sociology at Biola University and co-author of The Rise of Network Christianity, Growing Up in America: The Power of Race in the Lives of Teens and Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations.Michael Oluf Emerson (Author) Michael Oluf Emerson is Provost and Professor of Urban Studies at North Park University in Chicago, and a Kinder Fellow at Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research. He has authored or co-authored fifteen books, including Divided By Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America, Transcending Racial Barriers, and Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations (NYU Press, 2005).Korie Little Edwards (Author) Korie Little Edwards is Associate Professor of Sociology at The Ohio State University. She is the author of The Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches (OUP, 2008) and co-author of Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations (NYU Press, 2005).

"Breaks new ground by offering us a much better understanding of the operation of both religious congregations and race relations in the U.S. The research is impressive, the analysis smart, and the insights and implications important. This is a unique and significant book." - Christian Smith,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Draws on six case studies to propose a nuanced theory of the dynamics associated with the success or failure of multicultural congregations. This book honestly confronts the issues related to taking part in or pastoring an integrated congregation." - Donald E. Miller,Executive Director, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California "Against All Odds whets our appetite for a larger research study using hundreds of churches. It is a welcoming beginning." (Missiology)

• ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Against All Odds 2 The Need for Belonging 3 A Place to Call Home 4 White Flight or Flux? 5 Embrace and Division 6 Together and Separate 7 Jesus Is Color-Blind 8 What We Learned Notes References Index About the Authors

Brad Christerson (Author) Brad Christerson is Professor in the Department of Sociology at Biola University and co-author of The Rise of Network Christianity, Growing Up in America: The Power of Race in the Lives of Teens and Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations.Michael Oluf Emerson (Author) Michael Oluf Emerson is Provost and Professor of Urban Studies at North Park University in Chicago, and a Kinder Fellow at Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research. He has authored or co-authored fifteen books, including Divided By Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America, Transcending Racial Barriers, and Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations (NYU Press, 2005).Korie Little Edwards (Author) Korie Little Edwards is Associate Professor of Sociology at The Ohio State University. She is the author of The Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches (OUP, 2008) and co-author of Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations (NYU Press, 2005).

"Breaks new ground by offering us a much better understanding of the operation of both religious congregations and race relations in the U.S. The research is impressive, the analysis smart, and the insights and implications important. This is a unique and significant book." - Christian Smith,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Draws on six case studies to propose a nuanced theory of the dynamics associated with the success or failure of multicultural congregations. This book honestly confronts the issues related to taking part in or pastoring an integrated congregation." - Donald E. Miller,Executive Director, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California "Against All Odds whets our appetite for a larger research study using hundreds of churches. It is a welcoming beginning." (Missiology)

• ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Against All Odds 2 The Need for Belonging 3 A Place to Call Home 4 White Flight or Flux? 5 Embrace and Division 6 Together and Separate 7 Jesus Is Color-Blind 8 What We Learned Notes References Index About the Authors

Brad Christerson (Author) Brad Christerson is Professor in the Department of Sociology at Biola University and co-author of The Rise of Network Christianity, Growing Up in America: The Power of Race in the Lives of Teens and Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations.Michael Oluf Emerson (Author) Michael Oluf Emerson is Provost and Professor of Urban Studies at North Park University in Chicago, and a Kinder Fellow at Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research. He has authored or co-authored fifteen books, including Divided By Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America, Transcending Racial Barriers, and Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations (NYU Press, 2005).Korie Little Edwards (Author) Korie Little Edwards is Associate Professor of Sociology at The Ohio State University. She is the author of The Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches (OUP, 2008) and co-author of Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations (NYU Press, 2005).

"Breaks new ground by offering us a much better understanding of the operation of both religious congregations and race relations in the U.S. The research is impressive, the analysis smart, and the insights and implications important. This is a unique and significant book." - Christian Smith,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Draws on six case studies to propose a nuanced theory of the dynamics associated with the success or failure of multicultural congregations. This book honestly confronts the issues related to taking part in or pastoring an integrated congregation." - Donald E. Miller,Executive Director, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California "Against All Odds whets our appetite for a larger research study using hundreds of churches. It is a welcoming beginning." (Missiology)

• ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Against All Odds 2 The Need for Belonging 3 A Place to Call Home 4 White Flight or Flux? 5 Embrace and Division 6 Together and Separate 7 Jesus Is Color-Blind 8 What We Learned Notes References Index About the Authors