Estranged Pioneers - Race, Faith, and Leadership in a Diverse World

Drawing on data from a nationally representative study, including more than 100 in-depth interviews, Estranged Pioneers examines what it means for pastors of color to lead in multiracial spaces and draws out the broader implications for multiracial community leadership.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Chapter 1: The Road Less Traveled: Journeys to Leading Multiracial Churches


• Chapter 2: Estranged Pioneers: Pastors of Color Leading Multiracial Churches


• Chapter 3: Advantages to Leading as Pastors of Color


• Chapter 4: Managing the Challenges of Leading Multiracial Churches


• Chapter 5: White Pastor Privilege


• Conclusion: Estranged Pioneers


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Korie Little Edwards is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at The Ohio State University. She is former President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Editor-in-Chief for the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, and the co-host of The Elusive Dream Podcast. She is the author of Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations, The Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches, Growing up in America: The Power of Race in the Lives of Teens, and the award-winning Smart Suits, Tattered Boots: Black Ministers Mobilizing the Black Church in the Twenty-First Century.

Rebecca Y. Kim is Frank R. Seaver Chair Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Ethnic Studies program at Pepperdine University. She is the author of God's New Whiz Kids? Korean American Evangelicals on Campus and The Spirit Moves West: Korean Missionaries in America.

Summary

Drawing on data from a nationally representative study, including more than 100 in-depth interviews, Estranged Pioneers examines what it means for pastors of color to lead in multiracial spaces and draws out the broader implications for multiracial community leadership.

Additional text

This is an important book for all congregational leaders considering how to develop a multiracial congregation.

Product details

• Authors: Edwards, Korie Little Edwards, Korie Little (Distinguished Professor of Edwards, Korie Little (Professor of Sociology Edwards, Korie Little/ Kim Edwards, Rebecca Y. Kim, Kim Rebecca Y.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.01.2024
• EAN: 9780197638309
• ISBN: 978-0-19-763830-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Religion / Christian Church / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Christianity, Religion & politics, Literary theory, Christian institutions & organizations, Religion and Politics, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Religious institutions and organizations, Social groups: religious groups and communities