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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... cultural framework . 4 " Indeed , the children of today's immigrants constitute the most consequential and lasting legacy of the new mass immigration to the United States , " says Ruben Rumbaut , who has followed the lives of over 5000 ...
... cultural framework . 4 " Indeed , the children of today's immigrants constitute the most consequential and lasting legacy of the new mass immigration to the United States , " says Ruben Rumbaut , who has followed the lives of over 5000 ...
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... cultural Institutions In his study of Vietnamese communities in Oklahoma City , Rutledge ( 1992 ) found that the ... cultural values through its Korean language and cultural classes . It is common to find Korean churches operating a ...
... cultural Institutions In his study of Vietnamese communities in Oklahoma City , Rutledge ( 1992 ) found that the ... cultural values through its Korean language and cultural classes . It is common to find Korean churches operating a ...
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... cultural values ( that met " Biblical " criteria ) and continued to provide a bridge to the ethnic community . Compared to what Herberg and Hansen found earlier in the century , the Latino second generation represents evidence of a ...
... cultural values ( that met " Biblical " criteria ) and continued to provide a bridge to the ethnic community . Compared to what Herberg and Hansen found earlier in the century , the Latino second generation represents evidence of a ...
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