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Our Lady Queen of Angels - The Death and Resurrection of a Church



Almost 10 years ago a sociology major at Columbia, Alejandra Oliva, made a study of parish closings for her senior thesis.  She focussed on Our Lady Queen of Angels in East Harlem. Unfortunately her paper is still relevant today.

The Death and Resurrection of a

Church

Group Formation and Shifting Identity After

Parish Closure

Alejandra Oliva

Columbia University Department of Sociology

15 April 2015


Click here to download her senior thesisThe Death and Resurrection of a Church



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