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Sense of community is an important part of life for city dwellers. I present an analysis of community as experienced by local residents in Las Vegas, Nevada. This city is representative of many social patterns in other cities but—with its transient, 24-hour, constantly changing cultural context—is an exaggerated case for community in urban/suburban life. I identify three “spheres” of community based...
Religion is an important, yet overlooked, aspect of local life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Many residents attend worship services and practice faith in an environment that often promotes the opposite of their religious beliefs. Using qualitative data from interviews with clergy across the spectrum of faith traditions, I analyze the adaptation of institutional religion to local circumstances in order to...
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