Religious diversity and social change
Subtitle: American cities, 1890-1906
By: Kevin J. Christiano.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Cities and towns -- United States; Cities and towns -- Religious aspects; Religion and sociology -- United States; United States -- Religion -- 19th century; United States -- Religion -- 1901-1945; United States -- Census, 11th, 1890; United States -- Census, 12th, 1900; United States -- Census, 13th, 1910
Description: Powerful forces of social change at the turn of the nineteenth century forced American churches and their members to confront, for the first time, the issue of religious toleration. Christiano analyzes the effects of mass immigration and urbanization on various communities. These upheavals required the established churches to either accept or repel a level of religious diversity unimagined by the architects of American liberty. By examining changes in church membership in the largest urban areas, integrating historical research from a number of disciplines with statistical analyses of the United States Census reports of 1890 and 1906, this cross-disciplinary study provides an empirical assessment of the cultural shifts that laid the foundations for the denominational system that prevails in America today.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 203-231.
Includes index.