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Places of Faith : A Road Trip Across America's Religious Landscape.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (265 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199791651
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Places of FaithDDC classification:
  • 200.973
LOC classification:
  • BL2525 -- .S325 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- ONE: MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE -- View from the Road: The Underground Railroad -- TWO: HOUSTON, TEXAS -- View from the Road: Hispanic Influences -- THREE: COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO -- View from the Road: Cowboy Church -- FOUR: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA -- View from the Road: Hare Krishnas -- FIVE: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- View from the Road: Our Lady of Peace Shrine -- SIX: CENTRAL NEBRASKA -- View from the Road: Signs -- SEVEN: DETROIT, MICHIGAN -- View from the Road: Monastery of the Transfiguration -- EIGHT: BROOKLYN, NEW YORK -- View from the Road: The Amish -- CONCL USION RETURNING HOME: CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Places of Faith will offer an introduction to America's astounding religious diversity by taking readers on a cross-country religious road trip. Christopher Scheitle and Roger Finke have crisscrossed the country 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.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- ONE: MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE -- View from the Road: The Underground Railroad -- TWO: HOUSTON, TEXAS -- View from the Road: Hispanic Influences -- THREE: COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO -- View from the Road: Cowboy Church -- FOUR: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA -- View from the Road: Hare Krishnas -- FIVE: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- View from the Road: Our Lady of Peace Shrine -- SIX: CENTRAL NEBRASKA -- View from the Road: Signs -- SEVEN: DETROIT, MICHIGAN -- View from the Road: Monastery of the Transfiguration -- EIGHT: BROOKLYN, NEW YORK -- View from the Road: The Amish -- CONCL USION RETURNING HOME: CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Places of Faith will offer an introduction to America's astounding religious diversity by taking readers on a cross-country religious road trip. Christopher Scheitle and Roger Finke have crisscrossed the country 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.

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