A Bridging of Faiths: Religion and Politics in a New England City

Homelessness, black neighborhood development, problems of abortion and sex education—how does religion affect the politics of an American city confronting these and other concerns? And what differences have "church and state" issues made in these struggles? In answering such questions, A Bridging of Faiths conveys a feeling of the urgent social theater of Springfield, Massachusetts, and provides both a contemporary and historical sense of how power shapes and is shaped by the civic culture....