Tag: Religion

2019 Urban Research Award: Congregations in Contested Space: Gentrification and Latinx Churches in East Boston

By Fatima Blanca Munoz in News, Research Awards

PI: Jonathan Calvillo, PhD; Assistant Professor, Sociology of Religion, School of Theology Boston, like many U.S. cities, is currently experiencing elevated levels of gentrification adversely affecting working class people of color. The manner in which churches are affected by gentrification is particularly important as churches often provide valuable resources within working class communities of color. […]

Tags: Boston, cities, Gentrification, Latinx, People of Color, Religion, Theology

2019 Urban Research Award: Dislocated Gods, De-territorialized Bodies: Temples, Space and Social Resilience in Urbanizing China

By Fatima Blanca Munoz in News, Research Awards

PI: Robert P. Weller, PhD; Professor, Boston University Department of Anthropology Co-PI: Keping Wu, PhD; Associate Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Department of China Studies China has been undergoing extremely rapid urbanization, and millions of people have been resettled in the process—being displaced both physically and socially. The investigators will examine the lives of the resettled people, […]

Tags: China, Department of Anthropology, Religion, Urbanization