Managed Diversity: Race, Place, and an Urban Church

This study examines the organizational practices and experiences of congregational diversity in an evangelical urban church. Based on data collected using ethnographic methods over an 18-month period, this study suggests a principal organizational practice (managed diversity) employed by white churc...

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Main Author: Barron, Jessica M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press [2016]
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 77, Issue: 1, Pages: 18-36
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