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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... traditional culture and can serve as a vehicle to reproduce ethnic identity among the American born . The research on second - generation youth ( Portes and Zhou 1993 ; Rumbaut 1994 ; Zhou 1997 ; Zhou and Bankston 1994 , 1998 ) suggests ...
... traditional culture and can serve as a vehicle to reproduce ethnic identity among the American born . The research on second - generation youth ( Portes and Zhou 1993 ; Rumbaut 1994 ; Zhou 1997 ; Zhou and Bankston 1994 , 1998 ) suggests ...
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... traditional exclusion of women from mosque activities in most parts of the Islamic world , in the United States they increasingly play important roles not only in organizing social events for the community , but in planning and carrying ...
... traditional exclusion of women from mosque activities in most parts of the Islamic world , in the United States they increasingly play important roles not only in organizing social events for the community , but in planning and carrying ...
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... traditional Mexican 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 ...
... traditional Mexican 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 ...
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... traditional Mexican barrios did not have the housing capacity to absorb the Central American immigrants . Second , Central Americans were attracted to the western and southwestern parts of the city by the abundance of low - rent housing ...
... traditional Mexican barrios did not have the housing capacity to absorb the Central American immigrants . Second , Central Americans were attracted to the western and southwestern parts of the city by the abundance of low - rent housing ...
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... traditional practice . The ceremony is the same but the Abbot leads it and there is sutra chanting . Other religious ceremonies besides weddings are held at the home shrine . Each year a good Buddhist must honor his / her ancestors by ...
... traditional practice . The ceremony is the same but the Abbot leads it and there is sutra chanting . Other religious ceremonies besides weddings are held at the home shrine . Each year a good Buddhist must honor his / her ancestors by ...
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