Streets of Glory Church and Community in a Black Urban Neighborhood

Name: Streets of Glory Church and Community in a Black Urban Neighborhood
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ISBN: 9780226562179

ISBN-10: 0226562174

ISBN-13: 9780226562179

Edition: 2005

Authors: Omar M. McRoberts

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As the federal government increasingly moves toward delivering social services through faith-based organizations, this text must be read for its trenchant revisionist view of how churches actually work in depressed urban areas.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 186
Size: 0.62" wide x 0.89" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Omar M. McRoberts is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Chicago.



Acknowledgments



Introduction



Birth of the Black Religious District



Four Corners: Birth of a Contemporary Religious District



"In the world, but not of it": Particularism and Exilic Consciousness



"The Street": Clergy Confront the Immediate Environment



Changing the World: Church-Based "Activism"



Who Is My Neighbor? Religion and Institutional Infrastructure in Four Corners



Conclusion: Saving Four Corners?


Author's Note


Notes


References


Index