by Steve Thomason | May 31, 2014 | Personal Journal, Spiritual Formation, Suburban Studies
I decided to read The Blackwell Companion to Christian Spirituality. It has occured to me that I have become bogged down in the epistemological concerns section of the dissertation and have not attended well to the actual core of my research, which is the topic of...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 17, 2013 | Books - Suburban Studies
Jackson, Kenneth T. Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. The Author Kenneth Jackson Professor of History and the Social Sciences at Columbia University My Thoughts Jackson’s work—Crabgrass Frontier—is...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 17, 2013 | Books - Suburban Studies
Hayden, Dolores. Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000. 1st ed. New York: Pantheon Books, 2003. The Author She is a professor at Yale University and past president of the Urban History Association. The triple dream: house, yard, and neighborhood....
by Steve Thomason | Sep 16, 2013 | Books - Suburban Studies
Fishman, Robert. Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia. New York: Basic Books, 1987. The Author Robert Fishman Fishman is a professor of architecture and urban planning at the University of Michigan. Annotated Reviews The following are reviews that I have...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 16, 2013 | Books - Suburban Studies
DeKruyter, Arthur H., and Quentin J. Schultze. The Suburban Church: Practical Advice for Authentic Ministry. 1st ed. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2008. The Author Arther DeKruyter Founding pastor of Christ Church in Oak Brook, IL. Summary...