A collection of books, articles, and research projects focused on religious congregations in the Chicago area.
Academic Books and Articles on Chicago Congregations
Beyerlein, Kraig and Peter Ryan. 2018. “Religious Resistance to Trump: Progressive Faith and the Women’s March on Chicago.” Sociology of religion, 2018, Vol.79 (2), p.196-219.
Brenneman, Robert; Miller, Brian J. Building Faith 2020. Chapter 7: “Aging in Place over Eight-Plus Decades.” Oxford University Press.
Livezey. (1996). Religious organizations and structural change in metropolitan Chicago : the research report of the Religion in Urban America Program. University of Illinois.
Lowell W. Livezey, Lowell W. (Editor). “Public Religion and Urban Transformation: Faith in the City.” NYU Press.
Miller. (2017). Growing Suburbs, Relocating Churches: The Suburbanization of Protestant Churches in the Chicago Region, 1925–1990. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 56(2), 342–364. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12336
Numrich, & Kniss, F. (2007). Sacred Assemblies and Civic Engagement. Rutgers University Press. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780813543055
Zelinsky, Wilbur and Stephen A. Matthews. “The Place of Religion in Chicago.” The Center for American Places at Columbia College.
Chicago-Area Research Projects:
The Chicago Latino Congregations Study Project
MAPSCorps – In addition to other assets, MAPSCorps collects data on religious congregations in Chicago by physically canvassing Chicago-area neighborhoods. View the map.
Other Resources of Interest:
Eric Allix Rogers “Built in Faith” Photo Gallery – a local photographers attempt to photo-document the many religious congregations in Chicago’s 77 Community Areas.
Newberry Library – A private, but open to the public, speciality library with an extensive catalog for books and archival material related to religion and religious congregations in Chicago.