Gods of the City: Religion and the American Urban Landscape (Rel

Gods of the CityReligion and the American Urban Landscape\nAuthor(s): Robert A. Orsi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253212764, 978-0253212764\nSynopsis\n\""Fascinating insights into modern urban religious practice make Orsi's collection a must-read.\"" Publishers Weekly\n \""The essays provide insight into the cultural creativity, reinterpretation of worship and religious ingenuity of city people over the last 50 years.\"" Library Journal\n \""At last, a major dissection of the great mystery in modern American\n lifehow religion and spirituality prospered amidst industrialization,\n urbanization, and rampant technological change after 1880!\"" Jon Butler, Yale University\n \""Urban religion\"" strikes many as an oxymoron. How can religion thrive in the alienated, secular, fast-paced, and materialistic world of the modern, Western city? The authors in this collection believe that cities not only can provi.