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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... continued in the agricultural sector as foremen , supervisors in packing - houses , and crew leaders . Some growers began hiring year round workers as far back as the 1970s , which meant that a third generation is now coming of age ...
... continued in the agricultural sector as foremen , supervisors in packing - houses , and crew leaders . Some growers began hiring year round workers as far back as the 1970s , which meant that a third generation is now coming of age ...
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... continued the economic empires begun by Rosenburg and Hillel . According to most town historians and old timers , this era of the town's history ( from the late 1800s to the late 1920s ) was the town's " golden age . " In the words of ...
... continued the economic empires begun by Rosenburg and Hillel . According to most town historians and old timers , this era of the town's history ( from the late 1800s to the late 1920s ) was the town's " golden age . " In the words of ...
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... continued to act as agents of ethnic socialization , functioning to reinforce cultural values ( that met " Biblical " criteria ) and continued to provide a bridge to the ethnic community . Compared to what Herberg and Hansen found ...
... continued to act as agents of ethnic socialization , functioning to reinforce cultural values ( that met " Biblical " criteria ) and continued to provide a bridge to the ethnic community . Compared to what Herberg and Hansen found ...
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