Author

Gerardo Martí

Professor of sociology, Davidson College

Gerardo Martí is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology at Davidson College. His speaking and writing focus on race, religion, power and social change. His most recent books are “American Blindspot: Race, Class, Religion and the Trump Presidency” and “The Glass Church: Robert H. Schuller, the Crystal Cathedral and the Strain of Megachurch Ministry.” He has served as president of both the Association for the Sociology of Religion and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.

Image link to article: Addressing a history of enslavement is key to reparations

Addressing a history of enslavement is key to reparations

Lauren Jones Mayfield Gerardo Martí

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Why did Biden underperform among Latinx voters?

Mark T. Mulder Gerardo Martí

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Why don't all Latinx Americans vote 'blue'?

Mark T. Mulder Gerardo Martí

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Gerardo Marti and Mark T. Mulder: More than a fiesta -- variety and diversity among Latino Protestants in the U.S.

Gerardo Martí Mark T. Mulder

Gerardo Marti: The anti-Christian, Christian film

By Gerardo Martí Professor of sociology, Davidson College

The film adaption of “Blue Like Jazz” portrays a messier Christianity than its counterparts in the world of “Christian film.”

Gerardo Marti: Kony 2012 and the viral effect

By Gerardo Martí Professor of sociology, Davidson College

The campaign to “Stop Kony” is less about removing a brutal military overlord and more about what Americans showcase as their sacred values.

Gerardo Marti: Steve Jobs, patron saint of entrepreneurial church leaders

By Gerardo Martí Professor of sociology, Davidson College

How Apple’s founder and products inspired a generation of church leaders who value creativity, technology and vision.

Gerardo Marti: Welcome to Pub Church

By Gerardo Martí Professor of sociology, Davidson College

What its organizers most reject is an authoritarian, dictatorial stance toward leadership.

Gerardo Marti: A diversity of diversities

By Gerardo Martí Professor of sociology, Davidson College

“Diversity” can mean “having some blacks attend our mostly white church.” What about the Pakistani pastor working with an Iranian congregation in the Southeast?

Gerardo Marti: Silly Bandz spirituality

By Gerardo Martí Professor of sociology, Davidson College

A church connects the shape of these bands to the shape of their lives.

Gerardo Marti: Diversely Emerging

By Gerardo Martí Professor of sociology, Davidson College

The print and blog war between the Multiracial Church Movement and the Emerging Church Movement is a battle for the future of Christianity

Gerardo Marti: A Super Bowl commercial contest and Christian creativity

By Gerardo Martí Professor of sociology, Davidson College

Some see it as crash commercialism. Others as a chance to be gospel salt-and-light in the world.

Gerardo Marti: The wi-fi church of the future (and present)

By Gerardo Martí Professor of sociology, Davidson College

The omnipresence of smartphones and possibilities of GPS will change the way we experience church.

Gerardo Marti: Our “tradition” is often a previous era’s cultural accommodation

By Gerardo Martí Professor of sociology, Davidson College

Traditioned innovation will always have familiar elements. But let us all admit that innovation in church life is always taking place.