The place of religion in Chicago / by Wilbur Zelinsky and Stephen A. Matthews ; with maps by Michelle Zeiders.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-303) and index.

Religion and the urban scene. What is sacred in the urban scene? ; Social scientists look at religion ; The questions that won't go away ; A look ahead -- Choosing Chicago and gathering the evidence. Choice of the study area ; Defining the house of worship ; Preexisting data ; The field survey ; The documentation process ; Other components of the religious landscape -- Scrutinizing Chicago's religious landscape. The spatial distribution of houses of worship ; The temporal aspect ; Visual and locational prominence ; Local dominance ; Siting the house of worship ; Specific church attributes ; The salience of architecture ; Architectural styles mapped ; Larger implications -- The denominations of Chicago. Generalizations ; Socioeconomic setting ; Attributes of the leading denominations ; The major denominations ; Other mainline Protestant denominations ; Lesser mainline Protestant denominations ; Enthusiastic churches ; Community churches ; Other Abrahamic faiths ; Asian faiths and their temples ; Gravitation and repulsion within the constellation of denominations ; Journeying to worship -- Epilogue: Unfinished business -- Gallery of maps -- Appendix A: Cook County/Chicago number of churches and members, by denomination, in Cook County (Chicago), 1850-2000 -- Appendix B: Checklist of items for the field study -- Appendix C: Typology of architectural styles adopted for houses of worship in Cook County (Chicago) -- Appendix D: Houses of worship in Cook County (Chicago), by municipality or community area and denomination -- Appendix E: Persons per house of worship, total houses of worship, total population, and population density in Cook County (Chicago), by municipality or community area -- Appendix F: The telephone survey questionnaire -- Appendix G: Results of the telephone survey -- Appendix H: Some technical background on point patterns analysis.