Public Religion and Urban Transformation - Faith in the City

American cities are in the midst of fundamental changes. De-industrialization of large, aging cities has been enormously disruptive for urban communities, which are being increasingly fragmented. Though often overlooked, religious organizations are important actors, both culturally and politically in the restructuring metropolis.
Public Religion and Urban Transformation provides a sweeping view of urban religion in response to these transformations. Drawing on a massive study of over seventy-five congregations in urban neighborhoods, this volume provides the most comprehensive picture available of urban places of worship-from mosques and gurdwaras to churches and synagogues-within one city.
Revisiting the primary site of research for the early members of the Chicago School of urban sociology, the volume focuses on Chicago, which provides an exceptionally clear lens on the ways in which religious organizations both reflect and contribute to changes in American pluralism.
From the churches of a Mexican American neighborhood and of the Black middle class to communities shared by Jews, Christians, Hindus, and Muslims and the rise of "megachurches," Public Religion and Urban Transformation illuminates the complex interactions among religion, urban structure, and social change at this extraordinary episode in the history of urban America.

Info autore

Lowell W. Livezey has been the Director and Principal Investigator of the Religion and Urban America Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago from its inception.

Riassunto

This text offers a sweeping view of urban religion in response to the transformations of de-industrialized large cities. Focusing on Chicago, it explores the ways in which religious organizations both reflect and contribute to changes in American pluralism.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Assef Bayat
• Con la collaborazione di: Lowell W Livezey (Editore), Lowell W. Livezey (Editore)
• Editore: New York University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2000
• EAN: 9780814751589
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-5158-9
• Pagine: 364
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 228 mm x 25 mm
• Peso: 535 g
• Serie: Religion, Race, and Ethnicity; Religion, Race, and Ethnicity
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie