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Faith on the Avenue

Religion on a City Street

by Church And Society Katie Day (charles A. Scheiren Professor, Director, Metropolitan/urban Concentration, Charles A. Scheiren Professor, Church And Society

  • Hardback
  • 264 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 16.3 x 23.9 x 2.8 cm

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In a richly illustrated, revelatory study of Philadelphia's Germantown Avenue, home to a diverse array of more than 90 Christian and Muslim congregations, Katie Day explores the formative and multifaceted role of religious congregations within an urban environment. Germantown Avenue cuts through Philadelphia for eight and a half miles, from the affluent neighborhood of Chestnut Hill to the high crime section known as ''the Badlands.'' The congregations along this route range from the wealthiest to the poorest populations in Philadelphia. Some congregants are immigrants who find safety and support in close fellowship, while others are long-time residents whose congregations are actively involved in providing social services. Cities undergo constant change, and their congregations change with them. As Day observes, some congregations have sprung up in former commercial strips, harboring new arrivals and recreating a sense of home, and others form an anchor for a neighborhood across generations, providing a connection to the past and a hope of stability for the future. Social scientists, urban planners, and politicians have long overlooked the agency of communities of faith in the construction of the social, cultural, economic, and physical reality of life in the city. Drawing on years of research, in-depth interviews with religious leaders and congregants, and a wealth of demographic data, Day demonstrates the powerful influence cities exert on their congregations, and the surprising and important impact congregations have on their urban environments.
Faith on the Avenue and The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Cities
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  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    January 2014

  • Weight

    520g

  • Page Count

    264

  • Dimensions

    16.3 x 23.9 x 2.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780199860029

  • ISBN-10

    0199860025

  • Eden Code

    4258227

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