God in Gotham: the miracle of religion in modern Manhattan
Introduction: Are you there, God? -- Spiritual terror and sacred awe in the capital of American secularism -- Organizing God -- Sacralizing the urban landscape -- Modernizing God in Jim Crow Manhattan -- God's urban hothouse -- Conclusion: Moving out, moving on.
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
New York, NY
/ God
/ Religious life
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CH Christianity and Society KBA Western Europe KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
God
B New York (N.Y.) Religion B New York (N.Y.) Religious life and customs |
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| Summary: | Introduction: Are you there, God? -- Spiritual terror and sacred awe in the capital of American secularism -- Organizing God -- Sacralizing the urban landscape -- Modernizing God in Jim Crow Manhattan -- God's urban hothouse -- Conclusion: Moving out, moving on. "Perhaps nothing has ever been so frightening to people of faith as "the modern." Pluralistic and rationalizing, modernity would seem the antithesis of traditional religious practice. But as historian Jon Butler shows, even Manhattan, the supposed capital of American secularism, has consistently proven a place steeped in devotion"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0674045688 |