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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... create as people line up to take the bread and wine . The liturgy is found in the misalette , which contains the ... created by Mexicans in the United States , which is what Archbishop Levanda of Oregon had anticipated when he said ( of ...
... create as people line up to take the bread and wine . The liturgy is found in the misalette , which contains the ... created by Mexicans in the United States , which is what Archbishop Levanda of Oregon had anticipated when he said ( of ...
Page 108
... create barriers to success . Danny's identification as Mexican , his closeness to Mexican friends , does not mean however that he is isolated from the wider community . He says he feels accepted by those outside the Mexican community ...
... create barriers to success . Danny's identification as Mexican , his closeness to Mexican friends , does not mean however that he is isolated from the wider community . He says he feels accepted by those outside the Mexican community ...
Page 197
... create something else ... " Notes 1 The Latinos population is much more ethnically diverse than this sample . While most Latinos in the Midwest are of Mexican descent , there are growing numbers from Central America , the Caribbean ...
... create something else ... " Notes 1 The Latinos population is much more ethnically diverse than this sample . While most Latinos in the Midwest are of Mexican descent , there are growing numbers from Central America , the Caribbean ...
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