Undivided: The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an American Church
by Hahrie Han
View on GoodreadsJohns Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han's case study of "Undivided" — a years-long racial-solidarity program inside a multiracial Cincinnati megachurch — as a test of whether sustained relational organizing can move people across the lines that politics has hardened.
Core ideas
- The book operates in an unusual space — taking evangelical Christians and their institutional capacity seriously as a venue for racial-solidarity work, rather than treating that capacity as inherently compromised.
- The findings are mixed and honest: the program produces real attitude and behavior change in participants, but the gains can be reversed when the surrounding political environment intensifies, and the work doesn't scale automatically.
- Han's broader argument — that organizing produces durable change in ways messaging campaigns don't — is the load-bearing claim, and Undivided is one of her best case studies for it.
Published2024
Pages304
ISBN9780593318867
ReadOct 2024
