Places of Faith: A Road Trip across America's Religious Landscape - Brossura

Scheitle, Christopher P.; Finke, Roger

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ISBN 10: 019979152X ISBN 13: 9780199791521

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2012

Riassunto

Lavishly illustrated with over 100 color photographs, Places of Faith takes readers on a fascinating religious road trip. Christopher Scheitle and Roger Finke have crisscrossed America, visiting churches in small towns and rural areas, as well as the mega-churches, storefronts, synagogues, Islamic centers, Eastern temples, and other places of faith in major cities. Each stop on their tour provides an opportunity to introduce a particular current of American religion. Memphis serves as a window into the Black Church, a visit to Colorado Springs provides insight into evangelicalism, and a stop in Detroit sheds light on American Muslims. Readers visit Hare Krishnas in San Francisco, the Amish in central Pennsylvania, and a "cowboy church" in Amarillo, Texas. As the authors journey across the country, they retell unique religious histories and touch on local religious profiles and trends. They draw from conversations they had with pastors, imams, bishops, priests, and monks, along with ordinary believers of all kinds. Most of all, they tell the reader what they saw and heard, putting a human face on America's astounding religious diversity.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Christopher P. Scheitle is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University. Roger Finke is Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at the Pennsylvania State University and is Director of the Association of Religion Data Archives.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 019979152X
• ISBN 13: 9780199791521
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 264
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