Lexington Books
Pages: 290
Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-7936-3934-9 • Hardback • February 2023 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-7936-3935-6 • eBook • February 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Paul D. Numrich is professor in the Snowden Chair for the Study of Religion and Interreligious Relations, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, professor of World Religions and Interreligious Relations, Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University, and visiting scholar, McNamara Center for the Social Study of Religion, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago.
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Space Sharing
Part One: The Space-Sharing Phenomenon
Chapter One: Extent and Reasons
Chapter Two: Theoretical Framework and Research Methods
Part Two: Space-Sharing Cases
Chapter Three: Congregational Proprietors
Chapter Four: Other Religious Proprietors
Chapter Five: Secular Proprietors
Part Three: Understanding Space Sharing
Chapter Six: The Religion Factor
Chapter Seven: Space-Sharing Takeaways
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
This is an excellent book that adds to the sociological literature on the space sharing phenomenon, with insightful analyses of varied, rich, and evocative cases in the United States. Valuable and timely given the contemporary landscape.
— Karen Barkey, Bard College
Paul Numrich tells an important story in this book about how religious groups share space. His examples and case studies are rich and provide important insights into the lived religious experiences of many people and groups across the country. I encourage those interested in the geography and lived experience of religion and spirituality in the United States to read on.
— Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University