Divided by Faith

First published in 2000, Divided by Faith has become a landmark book for understanding race and religion in the United States. This second edition has been thoroughly overhauled with updated statistics and an additional chapter covering developments over the last twenty-five years.

Michael O. Emerson is the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Fellow and Director of the Religion and Public Policy Program at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. He is the author of The Religion of Whteness: How Racism Distorts Christian Faith, among many other publications, and the winner of several research and teaching awards. He has featured in numerous media outlets, including CBS Evening News, National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, podcasts, and SiriusXM radio.
Christian Smith is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. He is well known for his research focused on religion, adolescents and emerging adults, and social theory. For his work on evangelicalism, he developed the subcultural identity theory of religious persistence and strength.