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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... Hindu worshippers parades down the avenue with the bust of an elephant - headed deity in tow . Half a block up , joyful music emerges from a storefront that serves as a Sikh gurdwara , and across the street , a member of a Chinese ...
... Hindu worshippers parades down the avenue with the bust of an elephant - headed deity in tow . Half a block up , joyful music emerges from a storefront that serves as a Sikh gurdwara , and across the street , a member of a Chinese ...
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... Hindu communities observed that " In the United States , religion is the social category with clearest meaning and ... Hindu Indian organizations in Los Angeles , Prema Kurien , ( 1998 ) tells how " becoming Hindu " was a way to make the ...
... Hindu communities observed that " In the United States , religion is the social category with clearest meaning and ... Hindu Indian organizations in Los Angeles , Prema Kurien , ( 1998 ) tells how " becoming Hindu " was a way to make the ...
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... Hindu sacred texts and poetry or drama , and discussion groups deal with Indian culture and religion . This allows both acceptance and maintenance of identity . An Indian- American identity is negotiated from a position of communal ...
... Hindu sacred texts and poetry or drama , and discussion groups deal with Indian culture and religion . This allows both acceptance and maintenance of identity . An Indian- American identity is negotiated from a position of communal ...
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