Robert Brenneman, Brian J Miller

Building Faith

A Sociology of Religious Structures

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The social sciences have largely ignored the role of physical buildings in shaping the social fabric of communities and groups. Although the emerging field of the sociology of architecture has started to pay attention to physical structures, Brenneman and Miller are the first to combine the light of sociological theory and the empirical method in order to understand the impact of physical structures on the religious groups that build, transform, and maintain them. Building Faith explores the social impact of religious buildings in places as diverse as a Chicago suburb and a Guatemalan indigenous Mayan village, all the while asking the questions, "How does space shape community?" and "How do communities shape the spaces that speak for them?"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780190883447
• ISBN-10: 0190883448
• Artikelnr.: 59507893

Autorenporträt

Brian J. Miller is Associate Professor of Sociology at Wheaton College where he studies multiple aspects of suburbs, social media use among emerging adults, and religion and place.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: What Religious Buildings Do
Chapter 3: Ours till Jesus Comes
Chapter 4: Religious Buildings Need Not Apply
Chapter 5: Architects, Community, and Transcendence
Chapter 6 : Space Bending When Matter Matters
Chapter 7: Aging in Place over Eight Decades
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Notes