Places of Faith: A Road Trip across America's Religious Landscape - Softcover

Scheitle, Christopher P.; Finke, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019979152X ISBN 13: 9780199791521

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Places of Faith will offer an introduction to America's astounding religious diversity by taking readers on a cross-country religious road trip. Christopher Scheitle and Roger Finke have crisscrossed the country visiting churches in small towns and rural areas as well as the mega-churches, storefronts, synagogues, Islamic centers, Eastern temples, and other places of faith in major cities. Each stop on their tour provides an opportunity to introduce a particular current of American religion.

About this title

About the Author

Christopher P. Scheitle is currently a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University. He is also the author of:

• Beyond the Congregation: The World of Christian Nonprofits

Roger Finke is Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at the Pennsylvania State University and is Director of the Association of Religion Data Archives. He is also the author of:

• The Churching of America: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy, 1776-2005 (with Rodney Stark)
• The Price of Freedom Denied: Religious Persecution and Conflict in the Twenty-First Century (with Brian Grim)
• Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion (with Rodney Stark)

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019979152X
• ISBN 13: 9780199791521
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264