{"product_id":"building-faith-a-sociology-of-religious-structures-hardcover","title":"Building Faith: A Sociology of Religious Structures - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Brenneman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrian J. Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe social sciences have mostly ignored the role of physical buildings in shaping the social fabric of communities and groups. Although the emerging field of the sociology of architecture has started to pay attention to physical structures, Brenneman and Miller are the first to combine the light of sociological theory and the empirical method in order to understand the impact of physical structures on religious groups that build, transform, and maintain them. Religious buildings not only reflect the groups that build them or use them; these physical structures actually shape and change those who gather and worship there. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReligious buildings are all around us. From Wall Street to Main Street, from sublime and historic cathedrals to humble converted storefronts, these buildings shape the global religious landscape, \"building faith\" among those who worship in them while providing a testament to the shape and duration of the faith of those who built them and those who maintain them. \u003cem\u003eBuilding Faith\u003c\/em\u003e explores the social impact of religious buildings in places as diverse as a Chicago suburb and a Guatemalan indigenous Mayan village, all the while asking the questions, \"How does space shape community?\" and \"How do communities shape the spaces that speak for them?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrian J. Miller \u003c\/strong\u003eis Associate Professor of Sociology at Wheaton College where he studies multiple aspects of suburbs, social media use among emerging adults, and religion and place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457081196797,"sku":"9780190883447","price":107.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/YldBV0kzaXhMN2lTK0JKMllXSE9vQT09.webp?v=1777234133","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/building-faith-a-sociology-of-religious-structures-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}