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Faith on the Avenue - Religion on a City Street (Hardcover)
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Faith on the Avenue - Religion on a City Street (Hardcover)
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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.
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