Research Catalog

Title

Religion and community in the new urban America / Paul D. Numrich and Elfriede Wedam.

Author

Numrich, Paul David, 1952-

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

xv, 348 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Summary

Religion and community in the new urban America examines the interrelated transformation of cities and urban congregations. The authors ask how the new metropolis affects local religious communities and what role those communities play in creating the new metropolis. Through an in-depth study of fifteen Chicago congregations - Catholic parishes, Protestant churches, Jewish synagogues, Muslim mosques, and a Hindu temple, both city and suburban - this book describes congregational life and measures congregational influences on urban environments.

Subject

• City churches
• Religious gatherings
• Cities and towns > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Communities > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Cities and towns > Religious aspects
• Communities > Religious aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-340) and index.

Contents

Foreword / by Martin D. Stringer -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The new urban era and the religion factor -- Part I: Theoretical and conceptual framework. Adding religion to Chicago's story ; Community and congregations in the new metropolis -- Part II: Congregational case studies. Neighborhood parishes and churches in a restructuring city ; Area mosques and diverse corridors ; Area congregations in the city ; Area congregations in a suburban boom town ; Metro congregations : a wider view of the restructuring metropolis -- Part III: Religion's urban significance : Chicago and beyond. 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.

Call Number

JFE 16-2068

ISBN

• 9780199386857
• 0199386854
• 9780199386840
• 0199386846

LCCN

2014033127

OCLC

892895308

Author

Numrich, Paul David, 1952-

Title

Religion and community in the new urban America / Paul D. Numrich and Elfriede Wedam.

Publisher

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-340) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-2068