Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 “Who We Are” and “How We Do Things Here”: Local Understandings of Mission and Identity
- 2 The Congregations of Oak Park, River Forest, and Forest Park
- 3 Houses of Worship
- 4 Family Congregations
- 5 Community Congregations
- 6 Leader Congregations
- 7 Mixed Congregations
- 8 An Institutional Approach to Local Culture
- 9 American Congregational Religion
- Appendix A Data and Methods
- Appendix B The Interview Questions
- References
- Index
Acknowledgments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 “Who We Are” and “How We Do Things Here”: Local Understandings of Mission and Identity
- 2 The Congregations of Oak Park, River Forest, and Forest Park
- 3 Houses of Worship
- 4 Family Congregations
- 5 Community Congregations
- 6 Leader Congregations
- 7 Mixed Congregations
- 8 An Institutional Approach to Local Culture
- 9 American Congregational Religion
- Appendix A Data and Methods
- Appendix B The Interview Questions
- References
- Index
Summary
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- Chapter
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- Congregations in ConflictCultural Models of Local Religious Life, pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1999