A Bridging of Faiths: Religion and Politics in a New England City

Awards:   Commended for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1993. Short-listed for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1993 Short-listed for Choice's Outstanding Academic Books 1993 (United States) Shortlisted for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1993.
Author:   N. J. Demerath, III ,  Rhys H. Williams
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
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9780691607849


Pages:   378
Publication Date:   14 July 2014
Format:   Paperback
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A Bridging of Faiths: Religion and Politics in a New England City


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Awards

  • Commended for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1993.
  • Short-listed for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1993
  • Short-listed for Choice's Outstanding Academic Books 1993 (United States)
  • Shortlisted for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1993.

Overview

Homelessness, black neighborhood development, problems of abortion and sex education--how does religion affect the politics of an American city confronting these and other concerns? And what differences have ""church and state"" issues made in these struggles? In answering such questions, A Bridging of Faiths conveys a feeling of the urgent social theater of Springfield, Massachusetts, and provides both a contemporary and historical sense of how power shapes and is shaped by the civic culture. Recalling the immediacy and provocativeness of classic community studies like Middletown and Yankee City, the work draws on the voices of Springfielders themselves, while it exposes tendencies that prevail throughout contemporary America. This is a tale of two establishments: Protestant for three centuries, Springfield has been for the last fifty years a Catholic city. In looking at its emerging demographic, political, and economic patterns, the book shows how church and state interact at the local level, where lives are actually lived, as opposed to how the law and public opinion say they ought to interact at the more abstract federal level.While religion is more politically influential than some social scientists might have expected, it does not possess the kind of power feared by many constitutionalists. Politicians are seeking to redefine themselves in relation to religion and in other ways, and religion as a whole faces subtle crises of mobility, authority, and secularization. From these complexities, new patterns of cultural and political authority have emerged in Springfield, similar to those now affecting other American communities and the nation. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Author:   N. J. Demerath, III ,  Rhys H. Williams
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9780691607849


ISBN 10:   0691607842
Pages:   378
Publication Date:   14 July 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

List of IllustrationsList of TablesForewordAcknowledgmentsCh. 1Approaching Springfield3Ch. 2From Meetinghouse to Cathedral22Ch. 3High Rollers and High Rises58Ch. 4Corner Church and City-State97Ch. 5Homelessness in the City of Homes141Ch. 6Covenant in the Crucible of Race173Ch. 7Sexuality and Sectarianism214Ch. 8Bridging the Gaps255Appendix A: A Methodological Postscript303Appendix B: The Springfield Questionnaire and Follow-Up Appeals to Sample Respondents319Appendix C: Statistical Addenda331Bibliography347Index355

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