God in Gotham: The Miracle of Religion in Modern Manhattan Butler Jon
"Are you there, God? It's me, Manhattan...Butler...argues that far from being a Sodom on the Hudson, New York was a center of religious dynamism throughout the 20th century." --Wall Street Journal…
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"Are you there, God? It's me, Manhattan...Butler...argues that far from being a Sodom on the Hudson, New York was a center of religious dynamism throughout the 20th century." --Wall Street Journal "What a pleasure it is to take a tour of Manhattan's sacred past led by one of the nation's preeminent religious historians." --Christianity Today "A masterwork by a master historian...God in Gotham should be an instant classic." --Jonathan D. Sarna, author of American JudaismIn Gilded Age Manhattan, religious leaders agonized over the fate of traditional faith practice amid chaotic and sometimes terrifying change. Massive immigration, urban anonymity, and the bureaucratization of modern life tore at the binding fibers of religious community.Yet fears of the demise of religion were dramatically overblown. Jon Butler finds a spiritual
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