Sacred Circles, Public Squares: The Multicentering of American Religion

Contents

CONTENTS preface and acknowledgments vii 1. introduction 1 2. the circle city on the plains 15 3. religious civility, civil religion 46 4. religious traditions diversified and domesticated 76 5. types and tensions of congregational life 113 6. back home again: religion in the neighborhoods 150 7. conclusion: religion and urban culture 188 notes 211 bibliography 221 contributors 227 index 229 ...