Public Religion and the Urban Environment : Constructing a River Town.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Urban Nature, Disaster, and Religion -- Cities and Nature -- Methodology -- Why Natural Disasters? -- Why Religion? -- Structure and Summary -- Chapter 2 Religious Meaning-Making and the Urban Environment -- Key Terms: Religion, Environment, City -- Cities and Environments -- Religions and Cities -- Religions and Environments -- Religions, Cities, and the Environment: A Synthesis -- Chapter 3 Urban Development in the Red River Valley -- A History and Cultural Geography of Grand Forks and the Red River -- Current Social Composition of Grand Forks -- The 1997 Red River Flood -- Disproportionate Effects of the Flood and Recovery -- Urban Recovery in Grand Forks since 1997 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 A Hard Land: The City Against the River -- Acts of God -- Battling with Nature -- Faith in the City -- Summary -- Chapter 5 Living in a River Town: The Control and ­Celebration of Nature -- Containing and Controlling Nature -- Controlling Rivers: Beyond the Red -- Recreating Nature -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Religion, Cities, and the Control of Nature -- Religious Perceptions of the Urban Environment in the 1997 Flood -- The City in Scholarship on Religion and Ecology -- The Environment in Scholarship on Religion and Cities -- Religion in Scholarship on Cities and Nature -- The Challenges of Controlling Nature -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Works Cited -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Source -- Index.

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