ISBN:
0199860033
,
0199358427
,
9780199860036
,
9780199358427
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (264 pages)
,
illustrations
Parallel Title:
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation) Day, Katie, 1951- Faith on the avenue
DDC:
306.60974811
Keywords:
City churches
;
Faith
;
Religious gatherings
;
Cities and towns Case studies Religious aspects
;
Christianity
;
Cities and towns Case studies Religious aspects
;
Islam
;
Cultural pluralism
;
Cultural pluralism Religious aspects
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Cities and towns ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
;
Cities and towns ; Religious aspects ; Islam
;
City churches
;
Cultural pluralism
;
Cultural pluralism ; Religious aspects
;
Faith
;
Religious gatherings
;
Case studies
;
Philadelphia (Pa.) Religious life and customs
;
Pennsylvania ; Philadelphia
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
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199860029.001.0001
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