Sacred circles, public squares : the multicentering of American religion / Arthur E. Farnsley II ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farnsley, Arthur Emery.

Series:

Polis Center series on religion and urban culture

The Polis Center series on religion and urban culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indianapolis (Ind.)--Religion.

Indianapolis (Ind.).

Physical Description:

x, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2004]

Summary:

This detailed study of the religious landscape of the city of Indianapolis is the summative volume of the Lilly Endowment's Project on Religion and Urban Culture conducted by The Polis Center at IUPUI. The goal of the project-and of this book-was to understand religion's changing role in public life, to identify religion's public role, and to raise public awareness of it. The book examines the shaping of religious traditions by the changing city. It sheds light on issues such as social capital and faith-based welfare reform. One primary narrative is the countervailing pressures of "decentering"-the creation of multiple (sub)urban centers-and repeated attempts to reassert a city center. In Indianapolis, civil religion helps to bind these centers into one metropolis.

Contents:

Introduction

The circle city on the plains

Religious civility, civil religion

Religious traditions diversified and domesticated

Types and tensions of congregational life

Back home again : religion in the neighborhoods

Conclusion: Religion and urban culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index.

ISBN:

0253344727

OCLC:

55124320