A Dialectic Analysis of a Community Forum on Faith: The “Most Segregated” or Separated Hour?

Driskill, Gerald W. C.; Arjannikova, Alexandra; Meyer, John C.

doi:10.1080/00909882.2014.880938

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“…The 1957 Central High School integration crisis provides the historical background for a city that remains, in many ways, divided by race, while also highly religious. 1 Faith and race thus have a historic relationship in the city, with congregations taking sides on the integration crisis in the 1950's (Campbell and Pettigrew 1959) and, in more recent years, faith leaders collaborating to address race relations, issue reports (Driskill and Camp 2006), and engage in service and relationship building efforts across Black and white congregations (Driskill, Arjannikova, andMeyer 2014, Driskill, Meyer, andMirivel 2012).…”

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Race and Faith: The Role of Congregations in Racial Justice

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Driskill

Hanson

2022

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In the summer of 2020, catalyzed by the killing of George Floyd, some places of worship more fully entered the conversation on race. Religious traditions often have tools for conflict resolution, repentance, and even reconciliation. How are congregations and religious leaders using the tools of religion to engage questions of racial justice? Our answers come through a multimethod data set collected over two years: (a) surveys of 2,293 congregants from 35 diverse congregations find that race relations is the issue they most want their place of worship to address; (b) 90 sermons from 15 congregations reveal how clergy talked about race in the weeks after Floyd’s murder depended on racial background; (c) 21 clergy interviews illustrate differences in how clergy use religion to engage on racial issues; and (d) interviews with seven national leaders and focus groups with six congregations resulted in a collection of publicly-available faith-based racial justice resources.

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Race and Faith: The Role of Congregations in Racial Justice

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Driskill

Hanson

2022

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“…In fact, in a study in our city, over 50 leaders from diverse denominations and ethnicities gave a public confession on how their divisions had harmed the community (Driskill & Camp, 2006). In addition, the language of "the most segregated hour" has consistently emerged in our interviews with pastors along with their appeals to address division (Driskill, Arjannikova, & Meyer, 2014;Driskill & Jenkins, 2019). Thus, our work has involved connecting with already existing diverse pastor networks as well as creating bridges built through collaborative service.…”

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Connecting with Community and Facilitating Learning through the Little Rock Congregations Study

Glazier

Driskill

Leach

2020

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Places of worship play important roles as anchor institutions that promote community engagement and motivate political activity. Universities, particularly in urban settings, can also serve as anchor institutions that connect communities. Yet, there is often a gulf between the two, to the detriment of the broader community. In this article, we present the Little Rock Congregations Study (LRCS) as an approach to community engagement with faith-based organizations in an urban setting. This research project, based at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, involves an interdisciplinary team focused on understanding and improving the community engagement of congregations in the city of Little Rock since 2012. We present qualitative and quantitative data to illustrate the benefits of our approach, including research results returned to community organizations, greater visibility of the university in the community, student involvement in research and with faith-based organizations, and substantive findings that inform the greater body of knowledge and our own community. Through more than eight years of community-based work on the LRCS we provide six key lessons learned for researchers and students building relationships with religious leaders that can help bridge the gulf between these two key community institutions.

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