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Sacred assemblies and civic engagement : how religion matters for America's newest immigrants /

Immigration to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of America?s history. Currently, about 40 percent of the nation?s annual population growth comes from the influx of foreign-born individuals and their children. As these new voices enter...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kniss, Fred Lamar, 1956-
Other Authors: Numrich, Paul David, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2007.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Purity and protest : sectarianism and immigrant civic engagement
  • Locating the moral authority of immigrant congregations
  • The moral projects of immigrant congregations
  • "Making it in America" : occupational and economic adaptation in immigrant congregations
  • Religion, education, and civic tensions in immigrant congregations
  • Marriage patterns in immigrant congregations : implications for social distance and group identity
  • Language in immigrant congregations : religious and civic considerations
  • Individual engagement : citizenship in immigrant religions
  • Organizational engagement : the ecology of immigrant congregations
  • When and how religion matters for immigrant civic engagement.