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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... church community played in the formation of kinship units . Fernando first met his wife at the church . As one of the ... Protestant church held services in Spanish , would you go ? F : No. KC : Do you ever attend the Friday night youth ...
... church community played in the formation of kinship units . Fernando first met his wife at the church . As one of the ... Protestant church held services in Spanish , would you go ? F : No. KC : Do you ever attend the Friday night youth ...
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... [ Protestant ] church . Fernando represents a substantial group within the parish of first generation Mexican Americans who have settled in one of the small towns within striking distance of St. Barbara Catholic Church . They have ...
... [ Protestant ] church . Fernando represents a substantial group within the parish of first generation Mexican Americans who have settled in one of the small towns within striking distance of St. Barbara Catholic Church . They have ...
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... Protestant Church . " Pp . 265- 294 , in Gatherings in Diaspora : Religious Communities and the New Immigration , edited by R. S. Warner and K. Wittner . Philadelphia : Temple University Press . Chapa , Jorge , Richard R. Valencia ...
... Protestant Church . " Pp . 265- 294 , in Gatherings in Diaspora : Religious Communities and the New Immigration , edited by R. S. Warner and K. Wittner . Philadelphia : Temple University Press . Chapa , Jorge , Richard R. Valencia ...
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