Preface; 1 The Urban Challenge; 2 Restless Richmond; 3 City Sounds and Joyful Noises; 4 Mighty Engines of Evangelism; 5 Paths of Grace; 6 Disarming Dangers; 7 "A New Pentecost"; 8 A "Divine Discontent"; 9 Not Brothers or Sisters; 10 "A World Made New"; 11 The Wrong Place for a Row; 12 Avenues of Faith; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Summary
This first thorough study of organized mainline churches in a major southern American city during the early 20th century makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the dynamics of urban religion. Avenues of Faith documents how religion flourished in southern cities after the turn of the century and how a cadre of clergy and laity created a notably progressive religious culture in Richmond, the bastion of the Old South. Famous as the former capital of the Confederacy, Richmond emerges as a dynamic and growing industrial city invigorated by the social activism of its Protestants
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-399) and index
