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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... significant part in the projected growth of the Latino population to a number exceeding that of the African - American population by the year 2010 , the year in which the Asian population is expected to approach 14.4 million ( U.S. ...
... significant part in the projected growth of the Latino population to a number exceeding that of the African - American population by the year 2010 , the year in which the Asian population is expected to approach 14.4 million ( U.S. ...
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... significantly larger number of Korean social scientists in the United States . An additional reason for the paucity of studies of religion among new immigrants may well lie in an anti - religious bias on the part of the Asian , Hispanic ...
... significantly larger number of Korean social scientists in the United States . An additional reason for the paucity of studies of religion among new immigrants may well lie in an anti - religious bias on the part of the Asian , Hispanic ...
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... significant numbers of immigrants and mapping their location with census tract data ; 2 ) a telephone survey of these congrega- tions ; 3 ) a study of fourteen faith - based , social service coalitions ; 4 ) focus groups with immigrants ...
... significant numbers of immigrants and mapping their location with census tract data ; 2 ) a telephone survey of these congrega- tions ; 3 ) a study of fourteen faith - based , social service coalitions ; 4 ) focus groups with immigrants ...
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... significantly affected the recent development of the city . Historical & Recent Immigration Waves Houston has experienced three immigration waves involving Hispanics and Asians . Mexi- cans fleeing the Mexican Revolution and looking for ...
... significantly affected the recent development of the city . Historical & Recent Immigration Waves Houston has experienced three immigration waves involving Hispanics and Asians . Mexi- cans fleeing the Mexican Revolution and looking for ...
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... significantly re- stricted the work opportunities of the many Mexican workers in the city who had entered the country without papers . While the Immigration Reform and Control Act ( IRCA ) pro- vided amnesty and legalization for ...
... significantly re- stricted the work opportunities of the many Mexican workers in the city who had entered the country without papers . While the Immigration Reform and Control Act ( IRCA ) pro- vided amnesty and legalization for ...
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