An inside look at how craft beer makers and IPA devotees come together to brew, taste, and
enjoy fine ale while also building a sense of community in Las Vegas Equally reviled and …

The study of religion is increasingly being accepted as a legitimate and serious subject of
inquiry by scholars in the social and policy sciences and humanities and those in regional …

Sense of community is an important part of life for city dwellers. I present an analysis of
community as experienced by local residents in Las Vegas, Nevada. This city is …

ABSTRACT A shifting American cultural geography, stemming from clustering of like-minded
people, has been much-discussed in recent years. The “voluntary region”, proposed by …

Bright Lights in the Desert explores the history of how members of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints in Las Vegas have improved the regions' neighborhoods, inspired …

As a so-called Sin City, Las Vegas is a unique city to explore the interaction between
religion and place. Within the realm of faith tradition, the membership of the Church of Jesus …

For tourist cities, image is everything. Las Vegas is no exception. But the image of this
particular place has shifted in recent decades. As its population grew to fill an urban footprint …

This thesis advances two arguments for rethinking postsecular urbanism. First, it argues that
it should be thought as a form of apophatic pluralism, wherein, while every religious or …

This project interrogates the tensions surrounding food provision in Las Vegas, Nevada.
More precisely, groups of ad hoc individuals, unaffiliated with local shelters or social service …