Intersectionality in intentional communities : the struggle for inclusivity in multicultural U.S. Protestant congregations
Assata Zerai (Author)
Using case studies of five multicultural Protestant churches, Zerai examines how church members can find ways to create inclusive communities
Case studies
xi, 173 pages ; 24 cm
9781498526418, 9781498526432, 1498526411, 1498526438
940957795
Introduction: The struggle for inclusive multicultural U.S. Protestant congregations
Intersectionality: a feminist interpretive methodology
Part I. Developing a theory of intersectionality in inclusive churches
Afrocentricism, color-blind ideology, and intersectionality: three models of internal Christian congregational cohesion
Christian evangelical internal discussions of the 2008 presidential election
An Africana feminist critique of American Christian antiwar (dis)engagements
Part II. Becoming inclusive in a Presbyterian church: 1940 to 1980
A Presbyterian campus church: 1940 to 1953
McKinley, UPCUSA, and civil rights: 1953 to 1967
Growing pains of a social justice ministry: 1968 to 1973
The dawning of more light Presbyterianism at McKinley
Conclusion: New definitions of the inclusive social justice church and a theory of intentional institutional social change
Appendix: PC(USA) precursors and McKinley Memorial Presbyterian Church timeline 1789-1983, including sources