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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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 |
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Author Index | 285 |
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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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