TY - BOOK AU - Marti,Gerardo TI - Worship across the racial divide: religious music and the multiracial congregation SN - 0199920966 AV - ML3921 .M37 2012eb U1 - 264/.2089 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Music KW - Religious aspects KW - Music and race KW - Multiculturalism KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: the dream of diversity and the dilemma of music -- Popular beliefs about worship in multiracial churches -- African Americans as the icon of "true worship" -- Worship experience and music selection in multiracial churches -- The naïve experience of worship in multiracial churches -- The challenge of leading multiracial worship -- Variety and intentionality in the design of multiracial worship -- "Have you seen our gospel choir?": conspicuous color in multiracial worship -- Interracial community through multiracial worship practices -- Conclusion: mystical worship and the reality of practice N2 - Marti draws on interviews with more than 170 congregational leaders and parishioners, as well as his experiences participating in worship services in a variety of Protestant multiracial Southern Californian churches, to present this study of the role of music in creating and sustaining congregational diversity UR - https://ulsem.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195392975.001.0001/acprof-9780195392975 ER -