FAITH ON THE AVENUE DDaayy220000661133OOUUSS..iinndddd ii 1100//2299//22001133 99::4477::2255 PPMM DDaayy220000661133OOUUSS..iinndddd iiii 1100//2299//22001133 99::4477::2266 PPMM FAITH ON THE AVENUE Religion on a City Street Katie   Day Photographs by Edd   Conboy 1 DDaayy220000661133OOUUSS..iinndddd iiiiii 1100//2299//22001133 99::4477::2266 PPMM 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offi ces in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Th ailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 © Oxford University Press 2014 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. CIP Data is on fi le at the Library of Congress ISBN: 978–0–19–986002–9 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper DDaayy220000661133OOUUSS..iinndddd iivv 1100//2299//22001133 99::4477::2266 PPMM For my father, Donald C. Day, who did not get to see the completion of this project but believed in its author. DDaayy220000661133OOUUSS..iinndddd vv 1100//2299//22001133 99::4477::2266 PPMM DDaayy220000661133OOUUSS..iinndddd vvii 1100//2299//22001133 99::4477::2266 PPMM CONTENTS Map of Congregations ix Preface xi 1. Mapping Faith on the Avenue 1 2. Constructing the Sacred in Space and Place 29 3. Seeking the Welfare of the City: Assessing the Impact of Urban Congregations 60 4. Pound for Pound: Th e Social Impact of Small Churches 1 01 5. Pentecostal Latinas: Engendering Selves in Storefront Congregations 133 6. Muslims on the Block: Navigating the Urban Ecology 159 7. Urban Flux: Mobility, Change, and Communities of Faith 187 Notes 221 Bibliography 231 Index 237 DDaayy220000661133OOUUSS..iinndddd vviiii 1100//2299//22001133 99::4477::2266 PPMM DDaayy220000661133OOUUSS..iinndddd vviiiiii 1100//2299//22001133 99::4477::2266 PPMM MAP OF CONGREGATIONS All congregations along Germantown Avenue that were surveyed for the study. Th ose featured within the book are identifi ed. DDaayy220000661133OOUUSS..iinndddd iixx 1100//2299//22001133 99::4477::2266 PPMM