The Elusive Dream

The Elusive Dream demontrates, through nuanced analysis and in-depth study, that interracial churches in fact help to perpetuate the very racial inequality they aim to abolish. using national survey data and deatiled examination of one particular church, Edwards shows that mixed-race church congregations adapt their behaviour and adhere strongly to white norms. Thorough, incisive, and surprising, The Elusive Dream raises provocative questions about the ongoing problem of race in the national culture.