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Religion and Public Life in the Midwest
. Ed(S): Barlow, Philip; Silk, Mark
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Description for Religion and Public Life in the Midwest
Paperback. An overview of public religion in the states of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Editor(s): Barlow, Philip; Silk, Mark. Series: Religion by Region. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HRCX6; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Not just in the middle geographically, the Midwest represents the American average in terms of beliefs, attitudes, and values. The region's religious portrait matches the national religious portrait more closely than any other region. But far from making the Midwest dull, "average" means most every religious group and religious issue are represented in this region. Unlike other volumes in the series, Religion and Public Life in the Midwest includes a chapter devoted to a single city (Chicago), a chapter on a single Mainline Protestant denomination (Lutherans), and a chapter on religious variations in urban, surburan, and rural settings. This fourth ... Read more
Not just in the middle geographically, the Midwest represents the American average in terms of beliefs, attitudes, and values. The region's religious portrait matches the national religious portrait more closely than any other region. But far from making the Midwest dull, "average" means most every religious group and religious issue are represented in this region. Unlike other volumes in the series, Religion and Public Life in the Midwest includes a chapter devoted to a single city (Chicago), a chapter on a single Mainline Protestant denomination (Lutherans), and a chapter on religious variations in urban, surburan, and rural settings. This fourth ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Religion by Region
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759106314
SKU
V9780759106314
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About . Ed(S): Barlow, Philip; Silk, Mark
Philip Barlow is Professor of Theological Studies at Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana. His most recent book is the New Historical Atlas of Religion in America, co-authored with Edwin Scott Gaustad. Mark Silk is the founding director of the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in the Public Life and adjunct associate professor of religion at Trinity ... Read more
Reviews for Religion and Public Life in the Midwest
Finally we have a start, a book on midwestern religion. If this relatively slim volume contrasts with the mountain of books on religion in the South, including an encyclopedia and a brand new book on essays, it ought to serve as a spur to more efforts.
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