{"product_id":"streets-of-glory-church-and-community-in-a-black-urban-neighborhood-paperback-1","title":"Streets of Glory: Church and Community in a Black Urban Neighborhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOmar M. McRoberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong considered the lifeblood of urban African American neighborhoods, churches are held up as institutions dedicated to serving their surrounding communities. Omar McRoberts's work in Four Corners, however, reveals a very different picture. One of the toughest neighborhoods in Boston, Four Corners also contains twenty-nine churches, mostly storefront congregations, within its square half-mile radius. In McRoberts's hands, this area teaches a startling lesson about the relationship between congregations and neighborhoods that will be of interest to everyone concerned with the revitalization of the inner city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e McRoberts finds, for example, that most of the churches in Four Corners are attended and run by people who do not live in the neighborhood but who worship there because of the low overhead. These churches, McRoberts argues, are communities in and of themselves, with little or no attachment to the surrounding area. This disconnect makes the churches \u003ci\u003eless\u003c\/i\u003e inclined to cooperate with neighborhood revitalization campaigns and \u003ci\u003eless\u003c\/i\u003e likely to respond to the immediate needs of neighborhood residents. Thus, the faith invested in inner-city churches as beacons of local renewal might be misplaced, and the decision to count on them to administer welfare definitely should be revisited. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the federal government increasingly moves toward delivering social services through faith-based organizations, \u003ci\u003eStreets of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e must be read for its trenchant revisionist view of how churches actually work in depressed urban areas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong considered the lifeblood of urban African American neighborhoods, churches are held up as institutions dedicated to serving their surrounding communities. Omar McRoberts's work in Four Corners, however, reveals a very different picture. One of the toughest neighborhoods in Boston, Four Corners also contains twenty-nine churches, mostly storefront congregations, within its square half-mile radius. In McRoberts's hands, this area teaches a startling lesson about the relationship between congregations and neighborhoods that will be of interest to everyone concerned with the revitalization of the inner city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcRoberts finds, for example, that most of the churches in Four Corners are attended and run by people who do not live in the neighborhood but who worship there because of the low overhead. These churches, McRoberts argues, are communities in and of themselves, with little or no attachment to the surrounding area. This disconnect makes the churches \u003ci\u003eless\u003c\/i\u003e inclined to cooperate with neighborhood revitalization campaigns and \u003ci\u003eless\u003c\/i\u003e likely to respond to the immediate needs of neighborhood residents. Thus, the faith invested in inner-city churches as beacons of local renewal might be misplaced, and the decision to count on them to administer welfare definitely should be revisited. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the federal government increasingly moves toward delivering social services through faith-based organizations, \u003ci\u003eStreets of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e must be read for its trenchant revisionist view of how churches actually work in depressed urban areas.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOmar M. McRoberts\u003cb\u003e is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Chicago.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9.22 x 5.94 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42563035791456,"sku":"9780226562179","price":71.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/T3AyakMyaHVFQ3FoSDFRUERyMUd3UT09.webp?v=1770393341","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/streets-of-glory-church-and-community-in-a-black-urban-neighborhood-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}