Brad Christerson is Professor of Sociology at Biola University. He is coauthor of several books, including The Rise of Network Christianity: How Independent Leaders and Changing the Religious Landscape (Oxford University Press, 2017); Growing Up in America: The Power of Race in the Lives of Teens (Stanford University Press, 2010); and Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations (New York University Press, 2005).