Religion and community in the new urban America

This study examines the interrelated transformations of cities and urban congregations over the past several decades. How does the new metropolis affect local religious communities? What is the role of local religious communities in creating the new metropolis? Through an in-depth study of fifteen C...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Numrich, Paul David 1952- (Συγγραφέας) ; Wedam, Elfriede (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: HBZ Gateway
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Έκδοση: New York Oxford University Press 2015
Στο/Στη:Έτος: 2015
Έκδοση:First edition
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Religious gatherings
B Communities ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
B Communities Religious aspects
B Cities and towns ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
B Cities and towns Religious aspects Christianity
B Cities and towns Religious aspects
B Communities Religious aspects Christianity
B Communities ; Religious aspects
B Cities and towns ; Religious aspects
B City churches
Διαθέσιμο Online: Volltext (Resolving-System; OUP)
Παράλληλη έκδοση:Print version: 9780199386840
Περιγραφή
Σύνοψη:This study examines the interrelated transformations of cities and urban congregations over the past several decades. How does the new metropolis affect local religious communities? What is the role of local religious communities in creating the new metropolis? Through an in-depth study of fifteen Chicago congregations - Catholic parishes, Protestant churches, Jewish synagogues, Muslim mosques, and a Hindu temple, city and suburban, neighbourhood-based and commuter - this book describes congregational life and measures congregational influences on urban environments
Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0199386870
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199386840.001.0001