Faith on the avenue : religion on a city street
Title:
Faith on the avenue : religion on a city street
Author:
Day, Katie, 1951-
ISBN:
9780199860036
9780199358427
9781306114097
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations
Contents:
TMapping faith on the avenue -- Constructing the sacred in space and place -- Seeking the welfare of the city: assessing the impact of urban congregations -- Pound for pound: the social impact of small churches -- Pentecostal Latinas: engendering selves in storefront congregations -- Muslims on the block: navigating the urban ecology -- Urban flux: mobility, change, and communities of faith.
Abstract:
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.
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