Title Faith on the avenue : religion on a city street / Katie Day ; photography by Edd Conboy

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations Contents TMapping faith on the avenue -- Constructing the sacred in space and place -- Seeking the welfare of the city: assessing the impact of urban congregations -- Pound for pound: the social impact of small churches -- Pentecostal Latinas: engendering selves in storefront congregations -- Muslims on the block: navigating the urban ecology -- Urban flux: mobility, change, and communities of faith Summary In a revelatory study of Philadelphia's Germantown Avenue, home to a diverse array of more than 90 congregations, Katie Day explores the formative and multifaceted role of religious congregations within an urban environment Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 5, 2013) Subject City churches. Faith. Religious gatherings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Cities and towns -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Case studies Cities and towns -- Religious aspects -- Islam -- Case studies Cultural pluralism -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Cultural pluralism -- Religious aspects. faith. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Cities and towns -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Cities and towns -- Religious aspects -- Islam City churches Cultural pluralism Cultural pluralism -- Religious aspects Faith Religious gatherings SUBJECT Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Religious life and customs Subject Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Genre/Form Electronic books Case studies Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book Author Conboy, Edd ISBN 9780199860036 0199860033 0199358427 9780199358427 9781306114097 1306114098

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