TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - Churches, Blackness, and Contested Multiculturalism Europe, Africa, and North America T2 - Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice A2 - Smith, R. A2 - Smith, R. A2 - Ackah, W. A2 - Ackah, W. A2 - Reddie, A. A2 - Reddie, A. LA - English PP - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan YR - 2014 ED - 1st ed. 2014. UL - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/978-1-137-38638-0 AB - This volume assesses contemporary church responses to multicultural diversity and resisted categories of social difference, with a central focus on whether or how racial, ethnic, religious, sexual, and gender differences are validated by churches (and especially black churches) torn between competing inclusive and exclusive tendencies. OP - 294 CN - BL60 SN - 9781137386380 KW - Religion and sociology. KW - Sociology. KW - Ethnicity. KW - Religions. KW - African Americans. KW - Sociology of Religion. KW - Gender Studies. KW - Ethnicity Studies. KW - Social Aspects of Religion. KW - Comparative Religion. KW - African American Culture. ER -