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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... increase in the Latino population . In Michigan the number of Latinos increased 24 % between 1980 and 1990 , numbering 84,900 in 1990 ( Aponte and Siles 1995 ) . The native Latino presence is partly indicative of a long history of ...
... increase in the Latino population . In Michigan the number of Latinos increased 24 % between 1980 and 1990 , numbering 84,900 in 1990 ( Aponte and Siles 1995 ) . The native Latino presence is partly indicative of a long history of ...
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... increase was responsible for the dramatic growth of Latinos in southwest Michigan during the 1990s . If the local Latino population base is large , the increase may be due to local Latino population growth . If the Latino population ...
... increase was responsible for the dramatic growth of Latinos in southwest Michigan during the 1990s . If the local Latino population base is large , the increase may be due to local Latino population growth . If the Latino population ...
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... increases of about 30 students . To meet this demand the corporation has plans to expand classrooms by the 2001 school ... increase being from Latino students . I asked administrators whether this growth in Latino students , which must ...
... increases of about 30 students . To meet this demand the corporation has plans to expand classrooms by the 2001 school ... increase being from Latino students . I asked administrators whether this growth in Latino students , which must ...
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