Places of faith : a road trip across America's religious landscape / Christopher P. Scheitle and Roger Finke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheitle, Christopher P., 1981-

Contributor:

Finke, Roger, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Religion.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 254 p. ) ill., maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

'Places of Faith' takes readers on a religious road trip. Christopher Scheitle and Roger Finke have crisscrossed America, visiting churches in small towns and rural areas, as well as the mega-churches, storefronts, synagogues, Islamic centers, Eastern temples and other places of faith in major cities. Lavishly illustrated with over 100 color photographs, Places of Faith takes readers on a fascinating religious road trip. Christopher Scheitle and Roger Finke have crisscrossed America, visiting churches in small towns and rural areas, as well as the mega-churches, storefronts, synagogues, Islamic centers, Eastern temples, and other places of faith in major cities. Each stop on their tour provides an opportunity to introduce a particular current of American religion.Memphis serves as a window into the Black Church, a visit to Colorado Springs provides insight into evangelicalism, and a stop in Detroit sheds light on American Muslims. Readers visit Hare Krishnas in San Francisco, the Amish in central Pennsylvania, and a "cowboy church" in Amarillo, Texas. As the authors journeyacross the country, they retell unique religious histories and touch on local religious profiles and trends. They draw from conversations they had with pastors, imams, bishops, priests, and monks, along with ordinary believers of all kinds. Most of all, they tell the reader what they saw and heard, putting a human face on America's astounding religious diversity.

Contents:

Memphis

View from the road: underground railroad

Houston

View from the road: Hispanic influences

Colorado Springs

View from the road: cowboy church

San Francisco

View from the road: Hare Krishna

Salt Lake City

View from the road: Our Lady of Peace Shrine

Central Nebraska

View from the road: signs

Detroit

View from the road: Monastery of the Transfiguration

Brooklyn

View from the road: the Amish

Conclusion: central Pennsylvania.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-991299-8

1-283-42305-7

9786613423054

0-19-979165-1

OCLC:

774295747