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Particular Place
Nancy L. Eiesland
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Paperback. Discussing the dramatic changes in the religious lives of a community faced with urban restructuring, the author applies population ecology approaches to the study of religious organizations within their local contexts to examine a once-quiet small town's reaction to demographic upheaval. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HRLM; HRLP; JFSG; JHBD; JHM; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 435.
A Particular Place tells the story of the dramatic changes that take place in the religious lives of a community faced with urban restructuring—in this case, Dacula, Georgia, a once-quiet small town on the outskirts of Atlanta. The demographics of Dacula were changed dramatically by the population inflow, service sector development, and housing expansion brought on by the growing metropolis.
Nancy L. Eiesland provides a qualitative study of how the local religious congregations altered themselves, their relations with one another, and—over time—their community in light of this disruption to their social order. Eiesland accounts for these changes by examining the lives ... Read moreProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813527383
SKU
V9780813527383
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Ref
99-15
About Nancy L. Eiesland
Nancy L. Eiesland is assistant professor of the sociology of religion at Candler School of Theology and the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory University. She is the co-editor of Contemporary American Religion: An Ethnographic Reader.
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