Streets of glory : church and community in a black urban neighborhood
Long considered the lifeblood of black urban neighborhoods, churches are thought to be dedicated to serving their surrounding communities. But Omar McRoberts's work in Four Corners, a tough Boston neighborhood containing twenty-nine congregations, reveals a very different picture
Print Book, English, 2005
University of Chicago Press ; University Presses Marketing [distributor], Chicago, Ill., Bristol, 2005
Church history
186 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
9780226562179, 9780226562162, 0226562174, 0226562166
58829450
Birth of the Black religious district
Four corners : birth of a contemporary religious district
In the world, but not of it : particularism and exilic consciousness
The street : clergy confront the immediate environment
Changing the world : church based "activism"
Who is my neighbor? Religion and institutional infrastructure in four corners
Conclusion: Saving four corners
Originally published: 2003