Description |
1 online resource (xii, 199 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Polis Center series on religion and urban culture |
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Polis Center series on religion and urban culture.
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Contents |
Metropolitan growth and religious change : an introduction -- "Hi, neighbor!" : building new religious communities in suburbia -- From small town to mall town : rural communities and their congregations -- What is "our" community? The dilemma of the inner-city congregation -- Tying the metropolis together -- Finding community in the modern metropolis |
Summary |
Who has time for community in the modern metropolis? The answer may surprise you: apparently lots of us. As this book discusses, religious communities have long been an important way for people in all parts of the modern city to come together. Focusing on Indianapolis, Indiana, a city in America's geographical and cultural heartland, Souls of the City describes the range of changes to America's city and American religion during the last decades of the 20th century. In showing the historical ability of religious congregations to become 'places' of worship, this book challenges those who l |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-194) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Cities and towns -- United States -- Religion
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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Gemeindeaufbau
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Stadt
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Communautés -- États-Unis -- 1945- ...
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Communautés religieuses -- États-Unis -- 1945- ...
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Villes -- États-Unis -- Aspect religieux -- 1945- ...
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Religious life and customs.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140506
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United States
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USA
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États-Unis -- Civilisation -- 1945- ...
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0253109817 |
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9780253109811 |
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0203109813 |
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9780203109816 |
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9780253342560 |
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0253342562 |
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