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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779367703321

Titolo

Ecologies of faith in New York City [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution of religious institutions / / edited by Richard Cimino, Nadia A. Mian, and Weishan Huang ; foreword by Nancy T. Ammerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013

ISBN

1-283-86986-1

0-253-00694-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Polis Center series on religion and urban culture

Altri autori (Persone)

CiminoRichard P

MianNadia A. <1979->

HuangWeishan <1969->

Disciplina

200.9747/1

Soggetti

Religions - Relations

New York (N.Y.) Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Religious institutions and gentrification in the religious ecology -- pt. 2. Immigration, religion, and neighborhood change -- pt. 3. Entrepreneurial innovation and religious institutions.

Sommario/riassunto

Ecologies of Faith in New York City examines patterns of interreligious cooperation and conflict in New York City. It explores how representative congregations in this religiously diverse city interact with their surroundings by competing for members, seeking out niches, or cooperating via coalitions and neighborhood organizations. Based on in-depth research in New York's ethnically mixed and rapidly changing neighborhoods, the essays in the volume describe how religious institutions shape and are shaped by their environments, what new roles they have assumed, and how they relate to other r