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Author Day, Katie, 1951- author.

Title Faith on the avenue : religion on a city street / Katie Day ; photographs by Edd Conboy.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
©2014.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.6 D274F    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 247 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index.
Note "Congregations along Germantown Avenue that were surveyed for the study"--Page ix.
Contents Mapping faith on the avenue -- Constructing the sacred in space and place -- Seeking the welfare of the city: assessing the impact of urban congregations -- Pound for pound: the social impact of small churches -- Pentecostal Latinas: engendering selves in storefront congregations -- Muslims on the block: navigating the urban ecology -- Urban flux: mobility, change, and communities of faith.
Subject City churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Church history.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions.
Innenstadt. (DE-588)4072821-3
Islamische Gemeinde. (DE-588)4609243-2
Kirchengemeinde. (DE-588)4073439-0
Soziales Engagement. (DE-588)4137303-0
Philadelphia, Pa. (DE-588)4103331-0
City churches. (OCoLC)fst00862116
Social conditions (OCoLC)fst01919811
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. (OCoLC)fst01204170
Genre/Form Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780199860029 (hardcover: alkaline paper)
0199860025 (hardcover: alkaline paper)
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