| Sacred Circles, Public Squares: The Multicentering of American Religion Contributor(s): Farnsley, Arthur E. (Author), Demerath III, N. J. (Author), Diamond, Etan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253344727 ISBN-13: 9780253344724 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2005 Annotation: This study of the religious landscape of Indianapolis--the summative volume of the Lilly Endowment's Project on Religion and Urban Culture conducted by the Polis Center at IUPUI--aims to understand religion's changing role in public life. The book examines the shaping of religious traditions by the changing city. It sheds light on issues such as social capital and faith-based welfare reform and explores the countervailing pressures of "decentering"--the creation of multiple (sub)urban centers--and civil religion's role in binding these centers into one metropolis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 220 |
| LCCN: 2004009430 |
| Series: Polis Center Series on Religion and Urban Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.44" W x 9.38" (1.19 lbs) 239 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Indiana - Cultural Region - Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study of the religious landscape of Indianapolis--the summative volume of the Lilly Endowment's Project on Religion and Urban Culture conducted by the Polis Center at IUPUI--aims to understand religion's changing role in public life. The book examines the shaping of religious traditions by the changing city. It sheds light on issues such as social capital and faith-based welfare reform and explores the countervailing pressures of decentering--the creation of multiple (sub)urban centers--and civil religion's role in binding these centers into one metropolis. Polis Center Series on Religion and Urban Culture--David J. Bodenhamer and Arthur E. Farnsley II, editors |