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Pillars of Faith: American Congregations and Their Partners
Nancy Tatom Ammerman
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Paperback. Num Pages: 354 pages, 5 line illustrations, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
At the close of the twentieth century the United States was, by all accounts, among the most religious of modern Western nations. Pillars of Faith describes the diversity of tradition and the commonality of organizational strategy that characterize the more than 300,000 congregations in the United States, arguing that they provide the social bonds, spiritual traditions, and community connections that are vital to an increasingly diverse society. Nancy Tatom Ammerman follows several traditions--Mainline Protestant, Conservative Protestant, African American Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox, Jewish, Sectarian, and other religions--as they establish discernible patterns of congregational life that fit their own history, tradition, ... Read more
At the close of the twentieth century the United States was, by all accounts, among the most religious of modern Western nations. Pillars of Faith describes the diversity of tradition and the commonality of organizational strategy that characterize the more than 300,000 congregations in the United States, arguing that they provide the social bonds, spiritual traditions, and community connections that are vital to an increasingly diverse society. Nancy Tatom Ammerman follows several traditions--Mainline Protestant, Conservative Protestant, African American Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox, Jewish, Sectarian, and other religions--as they establish discernible patterns of congregational life that fit their own history, tradition, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520243125
SKU
V9780520243125
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About Nancy Tatom Ammerman
Nancy Tatom Ammerman, Professor of Sociology of Religion at Boston University, is the author of Congregation and Community(1997) and Baptist Battles (1990) and co-editor of Work, Family, and Religion in Contemporary America (1995) and Studying Congregations (1998).
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