Boundary Formation and Cultural Construction: Religion and Ethnicity for Chinese and Indian Immigrant Converts in the U.S.
Most scholars study immigrants’ religious lives in a vacuum, paying little attention to the religious lives of people who switch from one religious tradition to another. This article relies on interviews with Chinese and Indian immigrant converts in the U.S. to provide a unique comparative perspecti...
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Creighton University
2016
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The journal of religion & society
Year: 2016, Volume: 18 |
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Immigration
B Chinese B Indian B Religious Conversion B Identity Construction |
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