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Souls of the city : religion and the search for community in postwar America / Etan Diamond.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Diamond, Etan.
Series:
Polis Center series on religion and urban culture.
Polis Center series on religion and urban culture
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Cities and towns--United States--Religion.
Cities and towns.
United States--Religious life and customs.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (216 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2003.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Who has time for community in the modern metropolis? The answer may surprise you: apparently lots of us. As this book discusses, religious communities have long been an important way for people in all parts of the modern city to come together. Whether in new suburban subdivisions, in rural areas undergoing change, or in inner-city neighborhoods, people of all social backgrounds, races, and economic means have used their congregations as a way to set down new roots and to hold on to old ones. Focusing o
Contents:
An introduction to metropolitan growth and religious change
"Hi, neighbor!" : building new religious communities in suburbia
From small town to mall town : rural communities and their congregations
What is "our" community? The dilemma of the inner-city congregation
Tying the metropolis together
Finding community in the modern metropolis.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-282-07207-2
9786612072079
0-253-10981-7
OCLC:
52967646

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