Religion then and now!

• Even with the closing of a number of parishes, there are many many more churches in the city of Albany today than at any time in the past.

• However, our general interest in and our connections to things religious are at an all time low.

• With so much cultural diversity and with many more opportunities and concerns, our society has found ways to think about less spiritual things.

• In short, religion doesn't mean today what it did in the good old days!

• Contrast today with most of the city's life before the Industrial Revolution (prior to about 1800)

• when a church was no worst than the second or third most important social identity in the community.

• This afternoon we will consider individually and collectively four important Christian churches in the city of Albany

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