Religion and Public Life in the Mountain West: Sacred Landscapes in Transition
In: Journal of church and state: JCS, Volume 49, Issue 2, p. 377-378
ISSN: 0021-969X
While Catholicism still claims significant numbers and maintains its cultural status as 'the' church, Walker argues that in both its original settlement patterns and the recent population boom, this sub-region has included important layers of rehgious affiliation beneath the Catholic surface. Conceding the hopelessness of any attempt to capture all of this diversity, Deloria offers a window into the characteristic tension of the region through an insightful comparison of evangelical Colorado Springs with Boulder, the state's leftward college town.