RT Book
T1 Religion and community in the new urban America
A1 Numrich, Paul David 1952-
A1 Wedam, Elfriede
LA English
PP New York
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2015
ED First edition
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1003298877
AB 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
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BV637
SN 9780199386871
K1 Cities and towns : Religious aspects
K1 Communities : Religious aspects
K1 Religious gatherings
K1 Communities : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 Cities and towns : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 City churches
K1 Cities and towns ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
K1 Communities ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
K1 Cities and towns ; Religious aspects
K1 Communities ; Religious aspects
DO 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199386840.001.0001