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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... meet . Twenty years ago the area was almost exclusively white , Anglo - Saxon Protestant , with a few Catholic parishes sprinkled among a dozen or so Protestant churches . Today , residents in southwest Houston , as well as throughout ...
... meet . Twenty years ago the area was almost exclusively white , Anglo - Saxon Protestant , with a few Catholic parishes sprinkled among a dozen or so Protestant churches . Today , residents in southwest Houston , as well as throughout ...
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... meet- ings provided the opportunity to note comparisons and contrasts as the study progressed . From the beginning , Ebaugh conceptualized the study not as a series of ethnographies that describe in detail each immigrant congregation ...
... meet- ings provided the opportunity to note comparisons and contrasts as the study progressed . From the beginning , Ebaugh conceptualized the study not as a series of ethnographies that describe in detail each immigrant congregation ...
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... meets with the Abbot weekly to keep him updated . Although the Center has some association with other Buddhist organizations , the Abbot noted that these relationships are ceremonial . The Center is part of the Texas Buddhist Council ...
... meets with the Abbot weekly to keep him updated . Although the Center has some association with other Buddhist organizations , the Abbot noted that these relationships are ceremonial . The Center is part of the Texas Buddhist Council ...
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... meet friends . " The monks and Abbot have said that they want to create social service programs ; however , they have also said that the Vietnamese community has adapted well to its new society and such programs are unnecessary ...
... meet friends . " The monks and Abbot have said that they want to create social service programs ; however , they have also said that the Vietnamese community has adapted well to its new society and such programs are unnecessary ...
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... meet people from my country and meditate . " They feel accepted and welcomed ; they know what is happening around them because there is no language or cultural barrier . Religion is used to reinforce ethnic identity . The ceremonies ...
... meet people from my country and meditate . " They feel accepted and welcomed ; they know what is happening around them because there is no language or cultural barrier . Religion is used to reinforce ethnic identity . The ceremonies ...
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