Sacred Circles, Public Squares: The Multicentering of American Religion

Sacred Circles, Public Squares: The Multicentering of American Religion
ISBN-10
0253111293
ISBN-13
9780253111296
Category
Religion
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2005-01-07
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Authors
Arthur E. Farnsley II, N. J. Demerath III, Etan Diamond

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

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