Religion and the New Immigrants: Continuities and Adaptations in Immigrant Congregations

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Rowman & Littlefield, 2000 - Religion - 492 pages
New 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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Contents

Introduction
3
Hispanic and Asian Immigration Waves in Houston
17
Environmental Impacts Opportunities and Constraints
31
Structural Adaptations to the Immigrant Context
49
Providing for the Needy Social Services and Immigrant Adaptation
71
Reproducing Ethnicity
80
Language Cause for Unity and Conflict
100
Passing It On The Second Generation
120
Chinese Gospel Church The Sinicization of Christianity
180
St Marys Catholic Church Celebrating Domestic Religion
196
St Catherines Catholic Church One Church Parallel Congregations
210
Southwest Assembly of God Whomsoever Will
234
St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Maturing Through the Generations
258
Bibliography
273
Author Index
285
Subject Index
288

Is the Past Prologue to the Future?
134
Jyothi Hindu Temple One Religion Many Practices
151
Center for Vietnamese Buddhism Recreating Home
163
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