02824nam 2200625 a 450 991080786890332120200520144314.00-520-93833-X1-59875-538-210.1525/9780520938335(CKB)1000000000030778(EBL)231922(OCoLC)475938341(SSID)ssj0000282863(PQKBManifestationID)11194930(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282863(PQKBWorkID)10335957(PQKB)10032526(MiAaPQ)EBC231922(Au-PeEL)EBL231922(CaPaEBR)ebr10079974(OCoLC)437146302(DE-B1597)648895(DE-B1597)9780520938335(EXLCZ)99100000000003077820040730d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPillars of faith American congregations and their partners /Nancy Tatom Ammerman1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20051 online resource (358 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24312-9 0-520-24311-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-337) and index.Common patterns and diverse streams : listening to America's communities of faith -- Building traditions : worshiping and learning together -- Building communities : food, fun, and fellowship -- Building networks of faith : partners and producers -- Extending the community : serving the needy, saving souls -- Doing good together : networks of work in the world -- Nurturing traditions : stories and practices for religious pilgrims -- Voluntary and diverse communities of faith : American congregations and American society.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.Religious institutionsUnited StatesReligion and sociologyUnited StatesUnited StatesReligionReligious institutionsReligion and sociology206/.5/0973Ammerman Nancy Tatom1950-1687020MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807868903321Pillars of faith4060176UNINA