New immigrants_those arriving since the Immigration Reform Act of
1965_have forever altered American culture and have been profoundly
altered in turn. Although the religious congregations they form are
often a nexus of their negotiation between the old and new, they have
received little scholarly attention. Religion and the New Immigrants
fills this gap. Growing out of the carefully designed Religion,
Ethnicity and the New Immigration Research project, Religion and the
New Immigrants combines in-depth studies of thirteen congregations in
the Houston area with seven thematic essays looking across their
diversity. The congregations range from Vietnamese Buddhist to Greek
Orthodox, a Zoroastrian center to a multi-ethnic Assembly of God,
presenting an astonishing array of ethnicity and religious practice.
Common research questions and the common location of the congregations
give the volume a unique comparative focus. Religion and the New
Immigrants is an essential reference for scholars of immigration,
ethnicity, and American religion.
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Continuities and Adaptations in Immigrant Congregations
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780759117129
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
AltaMira Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok