Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana : Politics, Identity, and Faith in New Migrant Communities /

Based on ethnographic research by an interdisciplinary team of scholars and activists, Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana illuminates the role that religion plays in the civic and political experiences of new migrants in the United States. By bringing innovative questions and theoretical fr...

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Otros Autores: Bazan, Luis Enrique (Contribuidor), Chun, Kevin M. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Do, Hien Duc (Contribuidor, Editor ), Gonzalez iii, Joaquin Jay (Contribuidor), Gonzalez, Joaquin Jay (Editor ), Horton, Sarah (Contribuidor), Howe, Cymene (Contribuidor), Khúc, Mimi (Contribuidor), Lee, Jonathan H. X. (Contribuidor), Lorentzen, Lois Ann (Contribuidor, Editor ), Maison, Andrea (Contribuidor), Marzan, Dennis (Contribuidor), Mira, Rosalina (Contribuidor), Zaraysky, Susanna (Contribuidor), de Mola, Patricia Fortuny Loret (Contribuidor), del Rosario, Claudine (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2009]
Colección:e-Duke books scholarly collection : 33
Temas:
RELIGION / Comparative Religion.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface: Advancing Theory and Method
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 1. Gender and Sexualities
  • Devotional Crossings
  • Sexual Borderlands
  • El Milagro Está en Casa
  • Part 2. Acculturation
  • Religious Organizations in San Francisco Chinatown
  • Immigrant Religious Adaptation
  • Part 3. Transnationalism
  • Americanizing Philippine Churches and Filipinizing American Congregations
  • Creating a Transnational Religious Community
  • Ahora la Luz
  • Transnational Hetzmek
  • The Latino "Springtime" of the Catholic Church
  • Part 4. Civic and Political Engagement
  • We Do Not Bowl Alone
  • Counterhegemony Finds Place in a Hegemon
  • Appendix A: Research Questions
  • Appendix B Family Member Questionnaire of the USF Religion and Immigration Project
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index

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