Religion and the New Immigrants: Continuities and Adaptations in Immigrant CongregationsNew 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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... find them- selves . These various descriptions of changing gender roles prompted us to include the role of women as a major theme in our research . We were particularly interested in the conditions under which religious congregations ...
... find them- selves . These various descriptions of changing gender roles prompted us to include the role of women as a major theme in our research . We were particularly interested in the conditions under which religious congregations ...
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... find the term " congregations " comfortable because of its historically Christian con- notation , we nonetheless decided to continue in the Warner - Wittner ( 1998 ) tradition and use the term to indicate , very broadly , groupings 20 ...
... find the term " congregations " comfortable because of its historically Christian con- notation , we nonetheless decided to continue in the Warner - Wittner ( 1998 ) tradition and use the term to indicate , very broadly , groupings 20 ...
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... find work in other U.S. areas . The end of the recession in 1987 did not mean the return of pre - recession prosperity for Mexican immigrants in the city . The number of jobs grew slowly and wages stagnated , sometimes at 50 % or less ...
... find work in other U.S. areas . The end of the recession in 1987 did not mean the return of pre - recession prosperity for Mexican immigrants in the city . The number of jobs grew slowly and wages stagnated , sometimes at 50 % or less ...
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... find food and shel- ter for them . In comparison with Indochinese and Cuban refugees , who received federal resettlement assistance , Central American refugees received almost no government sup- port , with the exception of some ...
... find food and shel- ter for them . In comparison with Indochinese and Cuban refugees , who received federal resettlement assistance , Central American refugees received almost no government sup- port , with the exception of some ...
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... find a leader who would serve not only as a spiritual guide but would also help to build and shape the temple . They located such a person in California . Initially , he was reluctant to create a new temple in Houston because he was ...
... find a leader who would serve not only as a spiritual guide but would also help to build and shape the temple . They located such a person in California . Initially , he was reluctant to create a new temple in Houston because he was ...
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