by Camilo Jose Vergara '68 (Rutgers University Press)
This oversized collection of color photographs of 300 churches
across America and the people who worship at them presents a trenchant
interpretation of Christianity in the nation's blighted inner
cities.
The author/photographer, a renowned photographer and sociologist
and a recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant, mixes quotes from
congregation members and church officials with his own analysis,
providing a rich tapestry of the lived life of the religious poor.
"My role is that or a relentless recorder of things seen
and heard," Vergara says.
(January 2006)
