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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... neighborhoods and to having neighbors with religious beliefs and customs very different from those with which they have been familiar . Increasingly , in my World Religions class , I have students from a variety of religious traditions ...
... neighborhoods and to having neighbors with religious beliefs and customs very different from those with which they have been familiar . Increasingly , in my World Religions class , I have students from a variety of religious traditions ...
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... neighborhoods . Likewise , many mainstream Protestant and Catholic churches are experiencing the influx of new ethnic groups and facing the challenges posed by greater diversity within their congregations . This religious diversity ...
... neighborhoods . Likewise , many mainstream Protestant and Catholic churches are experiencing the influx of new ethnic groups and facing the challenges posed by greater diversity within their congregations . This religious diversity ...
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... neighborhoods surrounding the congregations we were studying and to include environmental factors that might influence them . In fact , her book prompted us to collect longitudinal census data on the tracts surrounding our research ...
... neighborhoods surrounding the congregations we were studying and to include environmental factors that might influence them . In fact , her book prompted us to collect longitudinal census data on the tracts surrounding our research ...
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... neighborhoods for 75 years . IGLESIA DE DIOS : a small , mostly Mexican , storefront Protestant church , located in the same neighborhood as St. Mary's Catholic Church . ST . NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH : a 95 % Greek - origin church ...
... neighborhoods for 75 years . IGLESIA DE DIOS : a small , mostly Mexican , storefront Protestant church , located in the same neighborhood as St. Mary's Catholic Church . ST . NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH : a 95 % Greek - origin church ...
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... neighborhood changes ; demographic characteris- tics of the membership ; theological orientation of the congregation ; structure of the con- gregation ; types of religious services ; social activities ; descriptions of each ethnic ...
... neighborhood changes ; demographic characteris- tics of the membership ; theological orientation of the congregation ; structure of the con- gregation ; types of religious services ; social activities ; descriptions of each ethnic ...
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Religion and the New Immigrants: Continuities and Adaptations in Immigrant ... Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh No preview available - 2000 |
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