Madonna of 115th Street - Faith and Community in Italian Harlem, 1880-1950

Informationen zum Autor Robert A. Orsi , Warren Professor of American Religious History at Harvard University, is the author of Thank You , St. Jude , also available in paperback from Yale University Press. Klappentext A twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Robert A. Orsi's classic study of popular religion in Italian Harlem. In a new preface, Orsi discusses significant shifts in the field of religious history and calls for new ways of empirically studying divine presences in human life. ""The Madonna of 115th Street" has over the last quarter century become a classic of American religious history. There are few books that I have enjoyed teaching more over the years and even fewer that have taught me as much about American Catholic history."--Leigh E. Schmidt, author of "Hearing Things: Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment" Zusammenfassung A twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the author's classic study of popular religion in Italian Harlem. In the preface! it discusses significant shifts in the field of religious history and calls for new ways of empirically studying divine presences in human life.

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• Authors: Robert A Orsi, Robert A. Orsi, Robert Anthony Orsi, Orsi Robert A.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.2010
• EAN: 9780300157529
• ISBN: 978-0-300-15752-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; New York, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, 20th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church