{"product_id":"micro-city-faith-encounters-super-diversity-in-queens-ny-hardcover","title":"Micro-City: Faith Encounters Super-Diversity in Queens, NY - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Cimino\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHans Tokke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn on-the-ground study of how faith communities create belonging and build bridges across one of the most diverse urban landscapes in the world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMicro-City \u003c\/i\u003efollows congregations, clergy, and everyday New Yorkers across twelve Queens neigh-borhoods to show how religious life both shelters difference and connects it in public. Blending theories from urban sociology and the sociology of religion with fieldwork, Richard Cimino and Hans Tokke map a borough where no single group is the majority and where people cluster into micro-communities that feel like home, yet still meet, trade, vote, and celebrate across lines of ethnicity, language, and creed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers interested in neighborhoods, culture, and faith, it offers a street-level tour of festivals, storefront churches, temples, parades, and parks. For scholars, students, and practitioners in urban studies, sociology of religion, and American studies, it sets out a usable framework for superdiversity grounded in interaction rituals and congregational niches, showing how bonding and bridging social capital take shape. Clergy, community organizers, and planners will find practical insights into how congregations act as specialist and generalist hubs, shaping neighborhood belonging, civic life, and cross-group cooperation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders encounter Little Guyana's Liberty Avenue, Greek Astoria, Pan-Asian Bayside, Holy Hip-Hop in Hollis, Jain, Buddhist, and Hindu temples, and hipster Hunters Point. Along the way the authors introduce archetypes such as pastor- and pundit-preneurs, civic Catholicism and charismatics, Black-clergy groups, and show how religious culture influences neighborhood politics and everyday coexistence. The result is a field guide to how plural cities work, and how they can work better.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Cimino (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRichard Cimino \u003c\/b\u003eis Lecturer in Sociology at SUNY Old Westbury and founding editor of \u003ci\u003eReligion Watch\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include\u003ci\u003e Ecologies of Faith in New York\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAtheist Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHans Tokke (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eHans Tokke\u003c\/b\u003e is an urban sociologist, consultant, designer, and ordained minister. He is Adjunct Associate Professor of Sociology at CUNY New York City College of Technology and Western Connecticut State University and directs the Microcity Movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377437958451,"sku":"9781531513405","price":186.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/PChcMk963e9781531513405.webp?v=1779321175","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/micro-city-faith-encounters-super-diversity-in-queens-ny-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}