Sacred Circles, Public Squares: The Multicentering of American Religion

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SACRED CIRCLES, PUBLIC SQUARES the polis center series on religion and urban culture David J. Bodenhamer and Arthur E. Farnsley II, editors SACRED CIRCLES PUBLIC SQUARES The Multicentering of American Religion Arthur E. Farnsley II, N. J. Demerath III, Etan Diamond, Mary L. Mapes, Elfriede Wedam indiana university press bloomington and indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu ∫ 2004 by The Polis Center All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sacred circles, public squares : the multicentering of American religion / Arthur E. Farnsley II . . . [et al.]. p. cm. — (The Polis Center series on religion and urban culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-253-34472-7 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Indianapolis (Ind.)—Religion. I. Farnsley, Arthur Emery. II. Series. BL2527.I6S23 2004 200%.9772%52—dc22 2004009430 1 2 3 4 5 09 08 07 06 05 04 ...