Places of Faith - A Road Trip across America's Religious Landscape (Paperback)

Lavishly illustrated with over 100 color photographs, Places of Faith takes readers on a fascinating religious road trip. Christopher Scheitle and Roger Finke have crisscrossed America, 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. Memphis serves as a window into the Black Church, a visit to Colorado Springs provides insight into evangelicalism, and a stop in Detroit sheds light on American Muslims. Readers visit Hare Krishnas in San Francisco, the Amish in central Pennsylvania, and a "cowboy church" in Amarillo, Texas. As the authors journey across the country, they retell unique religious histories and touch on local religious profiles and trends. They draw from conversations they had with pastors, imams, bishops, priests, and monks, along with ordinary believers of all kinds. Most of all, they tell the reader what they saw and heard, putting a human face on America's astounding religious diversity.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2012
First published:	February 2012
Authors:	Christopher P. Scheitle (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Sociology) • Roger Finke (Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies)
Dimensions:	234 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-979152-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Interfaith relations Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Interfaith relations Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-979152-X
Barcode:	9780199791521

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