Gatherings in diaspora: religious communities and the new immigration

Becoming American by becoming Hindu: Indian Americans take their place at the multicultural table -- From the rivers of Babylon to the valleys of Los Angeles: the exodus and adaptation of Iranian Jews -- Santa Eulalia's people in exile: Maya religion, culture, and identity in Los Angeles -- The...

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Contributors: Wittner, Judith G. (Other) ; Warner, R. Stephen (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Philadelphia Temple University Press 1998
In:Year: 1998
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Religious organization / Immigrants
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B South Asians
B United States
B Religious communities
B Religious communities (United States)
B RELIGION - General
B SOCIAL SCIENCE - Discrimination & Race Relations
B Immigranten
B Sud-Asiatiques - États-Unis
B Immigrants - Religious life
B Geloofsgemeenschappen
B South Asians (United States)
B 11.05 sociology of religion
B Communautés (Religion) - États-Unis
B Immigrants Religious life (United States)
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Becoming American by becoming Hindu: Indian Americans take their place at the multicultural table -- From the rivers of Babylon to the valleys of Los Angeles: the exodus and adaptation of Iranian Jews -- Santa Eulalia's people in exile: Maya religion, culture, and identity in Los Angeles -- The Madonna of 115th street revisited: Vodou and Haitian Catholicism in the age of transnationalism -- Born again in East LA: the congregation as border space -- The house that Rasta built: church-building and fundamentalism among New York Rastafarians -- Structural adaptations in an immigrant Muslim congregation in New York -- Caroling with the Keralites: the negotiation of gendered space in an Indian immigrant church -- Competing for the second generation: English-language ministry at a Korean Protestant church -- Tenacious unity in a contentious community: cultural and religious dynamics in a Chinese Christian church
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0585371725