Sanctifying Suburbia - How the Suburbs Became the Promised Land for American Evangelicals

The suburbs are home to the majority of Americans, including millions of evangelicals and thousands of evangelical congregations and organizations. This book explains how white evangelicals came to see the suburbs as a promised land.

List of contents

• CONTENTS


• Preface: Evangelicals in Jesusland


• Chapter 1: Evangelicals, Suburbs, and the American Dream


• Chapter 2: Evangelicals and Suburbs: A History


• Chapter 3: Evangelicals and Other Protestant Groups Leave Chicago for the Suburbs


• Chapter 4: United Evangelicals Across (Parts of) America


• Chapter 5: The Holy Suburb of Wheaton, Illinois


• Chapter 6: "Evangelical Meccas": Clusters of Evangelical Organizations in Suburbs and Cities


• Chapter 7: Where Evangelicals and other American Religious Traditions Live, 1972-2016


• Chapter 8: Evangelical Toolkits, Theology, and Suburbs


• Conclusion

About the author

Brian J. Miller is Professor of Sociology at Wheaton College, and co-author of Building Faith: A Sociology of Religious Structures.

Summary

The suburbs are home to the majority of Americans, including millions of evangelicals and thousands of evangelical congregations and organizations. This book explains how white evangelicals came to see the suburbs as a promised land.

Product details

• Authors: Brian J. Miller, Brian J. (Professor of Sociology Miller, Miller Brian J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 22.01.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9780197679623
• ISBN: 978-0-19-767962-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, RELIGION / Christianity / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Rural communities, Social & cultural anthropology, Christian life & practice, Religious issues & debates, Social and cultural anthropology, Christian life and practice, Population & demography, Population and Demography, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Religious issues and debates