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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... town Meyerton . Meyerton Pennsylvania continues to be a sister city , and one of the mayoral responsibilities is to attend the sister town's parades . ( One year the mayor drove Meyerton's fire truck Indiana to the parade in ...
... town Meyerton . Meyerton Pennsylvania continues to be a sister city , and one of the mayoral responsibilities is to attend the sister town's parades . ( One year the mayor drove Meyerton's fire truck Indiana to the parade in ...
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... town attractive , partly due to the atmosphere of religious tolerance among the German Mennonites and Amish who had also began settling Wayne County ( Chamber of Commerce ) . It is said they were also aware of plans to put a rail line ...
... town attractive , partly due to the atmosphere of religious tolerance among the German Mennonites and Amish who had also began settling Wayne County ( Chamber of Commerce ) . It is said they were also aware of plans to put a rail line ...
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... town of under 2,000 . After World War II Meyerton's Jewish era was clearly over . In 1981 the last Jewish individual in Meyerton died . Many of these individuals were buried in the Jewish section of the Meyerton cemetery , with Hebrew ...
... town of under 2,000 . After World War II Meyerton's Jewish era was clearly over . In 1981 the last Jewish individual in Meyerton died . Many of these individuals were buried in the Jewish section of the Meyerton cemetery , with Hebrew ...
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