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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... immigrants , ( e.g. Yemeni and Pakistani Moslems , Hindus , Keralite Christians , Korean Presbyterians , Mexican Pentecostals , and Jamaican Rastafarians ) , it is also likely that theories of immigrant religion will require a similar ...
... immigrants , ( e.g. Yemeni and Pakistani Moslems , Hindus , Keralite Christians , Korean Presbyterians , Mexican Pentecostals , and Jamaican Rastafarians ) , it is also likely that theories of immigrant religion will require a similar ...
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... immigrant church : Those who rejected their ethnic identification or felt uncomfortable in it transferred this rejection to the church and the religion of their immigrant parents . In revolting against the immigrant heritage , and in ...
... immigrant church : Those who rejected their ethnic identification or felt uncomfortable in it transferred this rejection to the church and the religion of their immigrant parents . In revolting against the immigrant heritage , and in ...
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... Immigrants : Continuities And Adaptations In Immigrant Congregations . Walnut Creek , CA : AltaMira Press . Ebaugh , Helen R. and Janet S. Chavetz , eds . Forthcoming . Religion Across Borders : Transnational Immigrant Networks . Walnut ...
... Immigrants : Continuities And Adaptations In Immigrant Congregations . Walnut Creek , CA : AltaMira Press . Ebaugh , Helen R. and Janet S. Chavetz , eds . Forthcoming . Religion Across Borders : Transnational Immigrant Networks . Walnut ...
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