Places of Faith: A Road Trip Across America's Religious Landscape

Lavishly illustrated with over 100 color photographs, Places of Faith takes readers on a fascinating religious road trip. Christopher Scheitle and Roger Finke have crisscrossed America, 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. Memphis serves as a window into the Black Church, a visit to Colorado Springs provides insight into evangelicalism, and
a stop in Detroit sheds light on American Muslims. Readers visit Hare Krishnas in San Francisco, the Amish in central Pennsylvania, and a cowboy church in Amarillo, Texas. As the authors journey across the country, they retell unique religious histories and touch on local religious profiles and
trends. They draw from conversations they had with pastors, imams, bishops, priests, and monks, along with ordinary believers of all kinds. Most of all, they tell the reader what they saw and heard, putting a human face on America's astounding religious diversity.

Author: Christopher P. Scheitle, Roger Finke
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 02/14/2012
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780199791514

Review Citation(s):
Christianity Today 02/01/2012 pg. 54
Books & Culture 07/01/2012 pg. 16

About the Author

Christopher P. Scheitle is 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 the author of many books and articles, including The Churching of America, 1776-2005 with Rodney Stark.

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