This study of the religious landscape of Indianapolis -- the summative                  volume of the Lilly Endowment's Project on Religion and Urban Culture conducted by                  the Polis Center at IUPUI -- aims to understand religion's changing role in public                  life. The book examines the shaping of religious traditions by the changing city. It                  sheds light on issues such as social capital and faith-based welfare reform and                  explores the countervailing pressures of "decentering" -- the creation of                  multiple (sub)urban centers -- and civil religion's role in binding these centers                  into one metropolis.Polis Center Series on Religion and Urban                  Culture -- David J. Bodenhamer and Arthur E. Farnsley II, editors

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