American Congregations, Volume 1: Portraits of Twelve Religious Communities

Near fine copy, but a liquid spill has stained a small area inside the front cover at the bottom,, and the opposite first five or six pages. All else looks clean and near new.An Eighth Day View:American Congregations, Volume 1: Portraits of Twelve Religious Communities chronicles the founding, growth, and development of congregations that represent the diverse and complex reality of American local religious cultures. Some, like Center Church in New Haven, trace their stories back to colonial times. Others, like the Swaminarayan Hindu temple in suburban Chicago, are recent attempts to create local religious worlds. Ranging from congregations of Lebanese Muslims in Northern Canada to Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, the essays convey the distinctive character of each congregation and provide vivid evidence of the importance of congregations in daily life. "This study refreshingly illuminates [congregations'] strengths as places where the public and private lives of their members meet in dynamic creativity and as havens of religious meaning and comfort in the midst of a secular world."--Choice "A major contribution to how debates about American religion will be framed in the years ahead. . . . In giving us these case histories and a set of excellent interpretive essays, Wind and Lewis have reminded us that American religion must be understood in its particular, local, gathered, human forms. They remind us that congregations matter."--Nancy T. Ammerman, First Things "Well-presented and engaging essays, by some of the foremost religious scholars working today, examining the histories of twelve diverse religious institutions. . . . A fascinating and important social history of religion."--Kirkus Reviews "Scholarship and the religious traditions have been enriched by the labors of the Congregational History Project. Theologically, its pioneering research invites us to examine ourselves."--Gabriel Fackre, Christian Century Title:: American Congregations, Volume 1: Portraits of Twelve Religious Communities Author:: Wind, James P. ISBN Number:: 0226901866 ISBN-13: 9780226901862 Location Published:: University Of Chicago Press: January 1995 Binding:: Hardcover Book Condition:: Used - Very Good Jacket Condition: Very Good Categories: Modern Seller ID:: 105631