In this book, they explore the distinctly urban forms of religious experience and practice that have developed in relation to the spaces, social conditions, and history of American cities.

Introduction: Crossing the City LineRobert A. Orsi1. Libations on Linoleum: Ecological Dissonance and Vodou Ritual Improvisations between New York and HaitiKaren McCarthy Brown2. The Hindu Gods in a Split-Level World: The Sri Siva-Vishnu Temple in Suburban Washington, DCJoanne Punzo Waghorne3. Diaspora Nationalism and Urban Landscape: Cuban Immigrants at a Catholic Shrine in MiamiThomas A. Tweed4. Altared Spaces: Afro-Cuban Religions and the Urban Landscape in Cuba and the United StatesDavid H. Brown5. Moses of the South Bronx: Aging and Dying in the Old NeighborhoodJack Kugelmass6. The Religious Boundaries of an In between People: Street Feste and the Problem of the Dark-Skinned Other in Italian Harlem, 1920-1990Robert A. Orsi7. Heritage, Ritual, and Translation: Seattle's Japanese Presbyterian ChurchMadeline Duntley8. "We Go Where the Italians Live": Religious Processions as Ethnic and Territorial Markers in a Multiethnic Brooklyn NeighborhoodJoseph Sciorra9. The Stations of the Cross: Christ, Politics, and Processions in New York City's Lower East SideWayne Ashley10. "The Cathedral of the Open-Air": The Salvationist Army's Sacralization of Secular Space, New York City, 1880-1910Diane Winston