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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... High School sports are popular , high profile events . Berryville High is a tough contender in football , as attested by its recent district championship . The population of the two villages during the late 1990s was 3535.2 The area did ...
... High School sports are popular , high profile events . Berryville High is a tough contender in football , as attested by its recent district championship . The population of the two villages during the late 1990s was 3535.2 The area did ...
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... school and later at an ESL program , but his English soon became too good to continue ESL classes . He kept working on his high school diploma at an alternative school until he graduated in 1998 ( after 10 years of work ) . Fernando and ...
... school and later at an ESL program , but his English soon became too good to continue ESL classes . He kept working on his high school diploma at an alternative school until he graduated in 1998 ( after 10 years of work ) . Fernando and ...
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... middle school went from about 5 percent in 1993 to almost 16 percent three years later . From 1994-95 to 1995-1996 the Latino student population in the middle school more than doubled in number ( partly due to fifth grade moving to the ...
... middle school went from about 5 percent in 1993 to almost 16 percent three years later . From 1994-95 to 1995-1996 the Latino student population in the middle school more than doubled in number ( partly due to fifth grade moving to the ...
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