Latino Churches: Faith, Family, and Ethnicity in the Second GenerationCrane's work shows how a significant number of Latino youth born in the rural Midwest have stayed involved in church out of ethnic and family solidarity. Although these youths do not show the same zeal and enthusiasm for certain traditions held dear by their parents, they have kept the church as a vital social space for expressing their own spirituality and ethnic identity. Latino churches, in turn, are effective in shaping the lives of youth because they function both as supporters and extensions of the family. The family-congregation nexus combines to enable a more selective form of acculturation that maintains a high-level of family cohesion and linguistic-cultural continuity. Crane's study shows that religion continues to increase the diversity of society rather than facilitate the "incorporation" of ethnic groups into a cultural "mainstream." |
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... Adventista : V. Well since we were about ten or eleven , we started getting visitors from the Adventist church , and we got friends from there so we started coming ... and we used to go as a family , everybody . K : So you had friends ...
... Adventista : V. Well since we were about ten or eleven , we started getting visitors from the Adventist church , and we got friends from there so we started coming ... and we used to go as a family , everybody . K : So you had friends ...
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... Adventista , in that he has lived in the United States for half of his life , ( and some of that moving between Texas and Mexico ) . He has adjusted quickly to new circumstances . Arturo is a faithful member of Iglesia Adventista where ...
... Adventista , in that he has lived in the United States for half of his life , ( and some of that moving between Texas and Mexico ) . He has adjusted quickly to new circumstances . Arturo is a faithful member of Iglesia Adventista where ...
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... Adventista and Templo Rey come out of similar , but not identical environments . Both congregations are entirely Spanish speaking and evangelical . Both have become a religious family , a place of intimacy and community , although ...
... Adventista and Templo Rey come out of similar , but not identical environments . Both congregations are entirely Spanish speaking and evangelical . Both have become a religious family , a place of intimacy and community , although ...
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