Divided By Faith - Evangelical Religion Problem of Race in America, Second Edition

First published in 2000, Divided by Faith has become a landmark book for understanding race and religion in the United States. This second edition has been thoroughly overhauled with updated statistics and an additional chapter covering developments over the last twenty-five years.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Editor, Emerson, Michael O. (Harry and Hazel Chavanne Fell Emerson, Emerson Michael O., Christian Smith, Smith Christian
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 17.11.2025
• EAN: 9780197802618
• ISBN: 978-0-19-780261-8
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Religion / Christian Church / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Christianity, Christian life & practice, Social and cultural anthropology, Christian institutions & organizations, Christian life and practice, RELIGION / Christian Living / General, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Religious institutions and organizations, Social groups: religious groups and communities