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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... significance of ethnicity among the immigrant second generation contributes towards a declining significance in the role of religion . For Herberg's thesis to have any theoretical merit today requires that one's religious and ethnic ...
... significance of ethnicity among the immigrant second generation contributes towards a declining significance in the role of religion . For Herberg's thesis to have any theoretical merit today requires that one's religious and ethnic ...
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... significant others in their social networks , in - depth interviews were conducted . These included family members , teachers , clergy , lay leaders , business people , and program administrators . The ethnicity of most of these was ...
... significant others in their social networks , in - depth interviews were conducted . These included family members , teachers , clergy , lay leaders , business people , and program administrators . The ethnicity of most of these was ...
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... significant a case is in a statistical sense , that is , the likelihood that they will have similar attributes ... significance refers to societal significance . The importance in a single case lies in what it tells us about society as a ...
... significant a case is in a statistical sense , that is , the likelihood that they will have similar attributes ... significance refers to societal significance . The importance in a single case lies in what it tells us about society as a ...
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