Katie Day

Faith on Avenue C

Fotograf: Conboy, Edd

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Produktbeschreibung

In a revelatory study of Philadelphia's Germantown Avenue, home to a diverse array of more than 90 congregations, Katie Day explores the formative and multifaceted role of religious congregations within an urban environment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 163mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780199860029
• ISBN-10: 0199860025
• Artikelnr.: 39373417

Autorenporträt

Katie Day holds the Charles A. Schieren Chair in Church and Society at The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.

Inhaltsangabe

Index of Pictures and Figures
Introduction
1. Mapping Faith on the Avenue
2. Constructing the Sacred in Space and Place
3. Seeking the Welfare of the City
4. Pound for Pound: The Social Impact of Small Churches
5. Pentecostal Latinas: Engendering Selves in Storefront Congregations
6. Muslims on the Block: Navigating the Urban Ecology
7. Urban Flux: Mobility, Change and Communities of Faith
Bibliography
Index