Pillars of Faith : American Congregation and Their Partners.

Pillars of Faith : American Congregation and Their Partners.

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 S...

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Main Author: Ammerman, Nancy Tatom, 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Religious institutions > United States.
Religion and sociology > United States.
Religion
Religion and sociology
Religious institutions
United States > Religion.
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. Common Patterns and Diverse Streams: America's Communities of Faith; 2. Building Traditions: Worshiping and Learning Together; 3. Building Communities: Food, Fun, and Fellowship; 4. Building Networks of Faith: Partners and Producers; 5. Extending the Community: Serving the Needy, Saving Souls; 6. Doing Good Together: Networks of Work in the World; 7. Nurturing Traditions: Stories and Practices for Religious Pilgrims; 8. Voluntary and Diverse Communities of Faith: American Congregations and American Society; Appendices; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX.

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