Religion and community in the new urban America / Paul D. Numrich and Elfriede Wedam.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015Description: xv, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199386857
  • 0199386854
  • 9780199386840
  • 0199386846
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV 637 .N86 2015
Contents:
Foreword / by Martin D. Stringer -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The new urban era and the religion factor -- Part I: Theoretical and conceptual framework. Adding religion to Chicago's story ; Community and congregations in the new metropolis -- Part II: Congregational case studies. Neighborhood parishes and churches in a restructuring city ; Area mosques and diverse corridors ; Area congregations in the city ; Area congregations in a suburban boom town ; Metro congregations : a wider view of the restructuring metropolis -- Part III: Religion's urban significance : Chicago and beyond. Congregations and change : interpreting religion's significance in the new metropolis -- Afterword: A case for representativeness -- Appendix A: Research methods -- Appendix B: Questionnaire -- Appendix C: Field notes on worship services -- Appendix D: Protocol for in-depth study of religious congregations.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-340) and index.

Foreword / by Martin D. Stringer -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The new urban era and the religion factor -- Part I: Theoretical and conceptual framework. Adding religion to Chicago's story ; Community and congregations in the new metropolis -- Part II: Congregational case studies. Neighborhood parishes and churches in a restructuring city ; Area mosques and diverse corridors ; Area congregations in the city ; Area congregations in a suburban boom town ; Metro congregations : a wider view of the restructuring metropolis -- Part III: Religion's urban significance : Chicago and beyond. Congregations and change : interpreting religion's significance in the new metropolis -- Afterword: A case for representativeness -- Appendix A: Research methods -- Appendix B: Questionnaire -- Appendix C: Field notes on worship services -- Appendix D: Protocol for in-depth study of religious congregations.

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