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God in Gotham : the miracle of religion in modern Manhattan /

"Perhaps nothing has ever been so frightening to people of faith as "the modern." Pluralistic and rationalizing, modernity would seem the antithesis of traditional religious practice. But as historian Jon Butler shows, even Manhattan, the supposed capital of American secularism, has c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Butler, Jon, 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Perhaps nothing has ever been so frightening to people of faith as "the modern." Pluralistic and rationalizing, modernity would seem the antithesis of traditional religious practice. But as historian Jon Butler shows, even Manhattan, the supposed capital of American secularism, has consistently proven a place steeped in devotion"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-289) and index.
ISBN:9780674249745
0674249747