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Oct 2023
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Michael Emerson, Divided By Faith, and P...

THE WITNESS
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Michael Emerson joins Tyler Burns and Jemar Tisby on this week's episode of Pass The Mic to discuss Divided By Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America, the legacy of the book, it's impact on The Witness, as well as his family's faith journey and current work.

The author of 15 books and over 100 other publications, Michael O. Emerson is recognized as a national leader in the study of race and religion and has won several awards for his scholarship. He is the principal investigator of the largest study of race and religion ever conducted in the United States, funded by the Lilly Endowment. 

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