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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... Spanish and English . Since the word is getting out to more and more that the priest speaks Spanish , Father Rafael's life is becoming busier . People drop by unexpectedly to ask for help with all kinds of problems , and there are the ...
... Spanish and English . Since the word is getting out to more and more that the priest speaks Spanish , Father Rafael's life is becoming busier . People drop by unexpectedly to ask for help with all kinds of problems , and there are the ...
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... Spanish . Occasionally I asked about a Spanish word and got an English translation . During this and other conversations with Arturo Jr. I got a sense of what it meant to him to have joined Iglesia Adventista . He used to exchange ...
... Spanish . Occasionally I asked about a Spanish word and got an English translation . During this and other conversations with Arturo Jr. I got a sense of what it meant to him to have joined Iglesia Adventista . He used to exchange ...
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... Spanish at home in order to preserve relationships , not only between parent - child , but with grandparents and Spanish speaking relatives here and abroad . The youth in the preceding narratives , despite intense pressure at school to ...
... Spanish at home in order to preserve relationships , not only between parent - child , but with grandparents and Spanish speaking relatives here and abroad . The youth in the preceding narratives , despite intense pressure at school to ...
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