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The Church In Our Town: The church’s place in the rural community today—its problems and its opportunities, by Rockwell C. Smith. 220 pp. Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon Press. $2.50.

The first two chapters of this “revised and enlarged” edition of Dr. Smith’s influential book briefly describe what the author means by rural. Basing the sketch upon his own experience and upon the standing operating procedures and texts of the sociologists, the author shows that the pattern of rural life, despite the pressure of technology and urbanization, still tends to contrast with that of urban society in important and fairly well-known ways. Among other things, he thinks, it tends to develop a different hierarchy of values.

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The Church In Our Town: The church’s place in the rural community today—its problems and its opportunities, by Rockwell C. Smith. 220 pp. Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon Press. $2.50.

The first two chapters of this “revised and enlarged” edition of Dr. Smith’s influential book briefly describe what the author means by rural. Basing the sketch upon his own experience and upon the standing operating procedures and texts of the sociologists, the author shows that the pattern of rural life, despite the pressure of technology and urbanization, still tends to contrast with that of urban society in important and fairly well-known ways. Among other things, he thinks, it tends to develop a different hierarchy of values.