INTRODUCTION
TYPOLOGIES OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN URBAN LIFE
"World" Religions and Local Religious Practices
"Centripetal" and "Centrifugal" Religious Traditions
Charisma and Structure in Religious Institutions
WESTERN PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND CITIES
The Bible as a Guide to Understanding Urban Life
From Judaism to Christianity
Saint Augustine’s Interpretation of the Great Tradition: The City of
God
Crusades and Cathedrals
European Expansion: God, Gold, and Glory
Reformed, and Always Being Reformed: Church, City States, and New Models
of Governance
A "Methodical" Approach to the Problems of Industrial Cities
Missions to the Rest of the World
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
The Rest of the World Comes to America
Megachurches in Urban America
Religious Institutions Beyond America
Asia
Europe
Africa
Latin America
CONCLUSION: NEW ISSUES FOR RELIGIOUS PRACTICES IN CITIES