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Genre/Form: | Online-Publikation |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul David Numrich; Elfriede Wedam |
ISBN: | 9780199386840 0199386846 9780199386871 0199386870 |
OCLC Number: | 919289171 |
Description: | Online-Ressource |
Contents: | Foreword by Martin D. Stringer ; Preface and Acknowledgements ; Introduction: The New Urban Era and the Religion Factor ; Part I: Theoretical and Conceptual Framework ; Chapter 1: Adding Religion to Chicago's Story ; Chapter 2: Community and Congregations in the New Metropolis ; Part II: Congregational Case Studies ; Chapter 3: Neighborhood Parishes and Churches in a Restructuring City ; Chapter 4: Area Mosques and Diverse Corridors ; Chapter 5: Area Congregations in the City ; Chapter 6: Area Congregations in a Suburban Boom Town ; Chapter 7: Metro Congregations: A Wider View of the Restructuring Metropolis ; Part III: Religion's Urban Significance: Chicago and Beyond ; Chapter 8: Congregations and Change: Interpreting Religion's Significance in the New Metropolis ; Afterword: A Case for Representativeness ; Appendix A: Research Methods ; Appendix B: Questionnaire ; Appendix C: Field Notes on Worship Services ; Appendix D: Protocol for In-Depth Study of Religious Congregations ; Bibliography ; Index |
Responsibility: | Paul D. Numrich and Elfriede Wedam. |
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On a whole, this book is thorough, interesting and quite useful for those of us interested in urban religion and its continued importance in urban development. * Joshua D. Ambrosius, Urban Studies * Chicago has always been the epicenter for urban sociology, and now Numrich and Wedam have put religion definitively in the picture. Conceptually adept and ethnographically rich, this book shows us how congregations are shaped by the spaces in which they are located, and how they in turn shape this constantly evolving city. * Nancy T. Ammerman, Professor of Sociology of Religion, Boston University * The detailed congregational studies in this book help chart the way to a broader sense of the many ways religion builds community in contemporary urban America. A persistent theme is how the details of each congregation's life - its location, mission, and nature - shape its urban impact ... This book is a helpful companion for all those studying religion in the contemporary city. * David R. Bains, Reading Religion * Read more...

