Religion and Public Life in the Mountain West Sacred Landscapes in Transition

by Shipps, Jan; Silk, Mark; Nugent, Walter; Szasz, Ferenc Morton; Flake, Kathleen; Walker, Randi Jones; Deloria, Philip A.

• ISBN13: 9780759106277
• ISBN10: 0759106274
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-19
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

Huge mountain ranges and vast uninhabited areas characterize the Mountain West. The region is home to several dense urban centers, but there is enough space between cities for three very distinct religious cultures to develop. Arizona and New Mexico's rel

Author Biography

Philip Deloria is associate professor, department of history and program in American culture, at the University of Michigan Kathleen Flake is assistant professor of American religion, Vanderbilt University Divinity School and graduate department of religion Walter Nugent is the Andrew V. Tackes Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame Jan Shipps is professor emeritus of religious studies and history at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Mark Silk is associate professor of religion and public life at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut Ferenc Morton Szasz, professor of history at the University of New Mexico Randi Jones Walker is associate professor of church history at Pacific School of Religion

Table of Contents

PREFACE	5	(4)
Mark Silk
INTRODUCTION-Religion in the Mountain West: Geography as Destiny	9	(10)
Jan Shipps
Religious Affiliation in the Mountain West and the Nation Religious Self-Identification and Adherents Claimed by Religious Groups, National and Regional Comparisons	15	(4)
CHAPTER ONE-The Religious Demography of an Oasis Culture	19	(30)
Walter Nugent
CHAPTER TWO-How Religion Created an Infrastructure for the Mountain West	49	(20)
Ferenc Morton Szasz
CHAPTER THREE-Catholic Heartland in Transition: Arizona and New Mexico	69	(22)
Randi Jones Walker
CHAPTER FOUR-The Mormon Corridor: Utah and Idaho	91	(24)
Kathleen Flake
CHAPTER FIVE-Polarized Tribes: Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana	115	(24)
Philip Deloria
CHAPTER SIX-Conclusion: Sacred Landscapes in Transition	139	(10)
Jan Shipps
APPENDIX	149	(2)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	151	(2)
INDEX	153	(12)
CONTRIBUTORS	165