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- Sacred Assemblies and Civic Engagement: How Religion Matters for America's Newest Immigrants
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
summary
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 America's public conversations, they bring with them a new level of religious diversity to a society that has always been marked by religious variety.Sacred Assemblies and Civic Engagement takes an in-depth look at one particular urban areaùthe Chicago metropolitan regionùand examines how religion affects the civic engagement of the nation's newest residents. Based on more than three years of ethnographic fieldwork and extensive interviewing at sixteen immigrant congregations, the authors argue that not only must careful attention be paid to ethnic, racial, class, and other social variations within and among groups but that religious differences within and between immigrant faiths are equally important for a more sophisticated understanding of religious diversity and its impact on civic life. Chapters focus on important religious factors, including sectarianism, moral authority, and moral projects; on several areas of social life, including economics, education, marriage, and language, where religion impacts civic engagement; and on how notions of citizenship and community are influenced by sacred assemblies.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xi
- 1. Introduction
- pp. 1-16
- 2. Purity and Protest
- pp. 19-36
- 5. “Making It in America”
- pp. 73-94
- 8. Language in Immigrant Congregations
- pp. 143-170
- 9. Individual Engagement
- pp. 173-193
- 10. Organizational Engagement
- pp. 194-215
- Appendix A: Research Sites
- pp. 233-236
- References
- pp. 247-267
- About the Authors
- p. 273
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813543055
Related ISBN(s)
9780813541709
MARC Record
OCLC
190791231
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No