Churches and Urban Regeneration in Postindustrial Amsterdam

The central focus of this article is the interaction between religious actors and urban regeneration in former industrial area Amsterdam North. While there extensive literature on structural, sociocultural, economic impact related processes gentrification, role groups these neighborhood change has largely been ignored. Based ethnographic research, I examine how different Christian movements interact with their changing varied forms. redevelopment buildings gentrification working-class neighborhoods North enable but particular forms place-making. two engagement spaces: (a) reuse by Pentecostal (b) transformation traditional Protestant church into socially mixed centers. These place-making highlight organizations bring active agency to cocreate materially socially.