Kevin J. Christiano

Religious Diversity and Social Change

American Cities, 1890 1906

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines specific ways in which cultural changes affected the structure of the religious establishment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 427g
• ISBN-13: 9780521046701
• ISBN-10: 052104670X
• Artikelnr.: 23172822

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables and figures
Preface
1. 'As slavery never did': American religion and the rise of the city
2. 'Numbering Israel': United States census data on religion
3. 'An infinite variety of religions': the meaning and measurement of religious diversity
4. 'A motley of peoples and cultures': urban populations and religious diversity
5. 'A new society': industrialization and religious diversity
6. 'No fast friend to policy or religion': literacy and religious diversity
7. 'God's Bible at the Devil's girdle': religious diversity and urban secularization
8. 'If the religion of Rome becomes ours': religious diversity, subcultural conflict and denominational realignment
9. 'Matters merely indifferent': religious diversity and American denominationalism' Appendixes
Notes
References
Index.