Is it true that a church is not the building but the people? If so, why do congregations invest so much time and money in their places of worship and have such strong opinions about them? Brenneman and Miller demonstrate that religious buildings continue to matter today. They need to be taken seriously by their congregations and by society at large.
Brian J. Miller is Associate Professor of Sociology at Wheaton College where he studies multiple aspects of suburbs, social media use among emerging adults, and religion and place.