Religious Diversity and Social Change
Subtitle: American Cities, 18901906
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 29, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780521341455
Subjects: Religion: general; Religious aspects; Social Change; Sociology; United States; Religion; Sociology Of Religion; General; Religion / General; Religion-General; Social Science / Sociology of Religion; United States--Religion--19th century; United States--Religion--19th century United; Cities and towns; 1901-1945; 19th century; Religion and sociology
First sentence: After the conclusion of the nineteenth century's most important social crusade, the one which sought to liberate thousands of Americans from legal though involuntary servitude, Wendell Phillips, a prominent abolitionist and a farsighted reformer, predicted that "the time will come when our cities will strain our institutions as slavery never did" (quoted in Strong, 1898: 101-102).