Contents

pp vii-ix

List of Tables and Figures

pp x-xii

Preface

pp xiii-xviii

I - “As Slavery Never Did”: American Religion and the Rise of the City

pp 1-21

II - “Numbering Israel”: United States Census Data on Religion

pp 22-48

III - “An Infinite Variety of Religions”: The Meaning and Measurement of Religious Diversity

pp 49-65

IV - “A Motley of Peoples and Cultures”: Urban Populations and Religious Diversity

pp 66-88

V - “A New Society”: Industrialization and Religious Diversity

pp 89-104

VI - “No Fast Friend to Policy or Religion”: Literacy and Religious Diversity

pp 105-117

VII - “God's Bible at the Devil's Girdle”: Religious Diversity and Urban Secularization

pp 118-133

VIII - “If the Religion of Rome Becomes Ours”: Religious Diversity, Subcultural Conflict, and Denominational Realignment

pp 134-149

IX - “Matters Merely Indifferent”: Religious Diversity and American Denominationalism

pp 150-155

Appendixes

A - Cities in the Study

pp 156-159

B - Church Membership and Population in 122 Cities, 1890 and 1906

pp 160-163

C - Categorization of Religious Bodies, 1890 and 1906

pp 164-171

D - Composition of Church Membership in 122 Cities, 1890 and 1906

pp 172-175

E - A Typology of Urban Religious Change, 1890–1906

pp 176-179

F - Religious Diversity Scores for 122 Cities, 1890 and 1906

pp 180-184

G - A Note on Weighted Least Squares (WLS) Regression Analysis

pp 185-186

Notes

pp 187-202

References

pp 203-232

Index

pp 233-239