THE LATINO CATHOLIC PARISH AS A SPECIALIST ORGANIZATION: DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
With the vast majority of Latinos in the U.S. claiming Catholic affiliation, the growing presence of this ethnic group has a significant impact on typical parish life. Using the framework of organizational ecology, I describe the Latino parish as a cultural and immigrant specialist organization dist...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications
2010
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Review of religious research
Year: 2010, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 302-323 |
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| Summary: | With the vast majority of Latinos in the U.S. claiming Catholic affiliation, the growing presence of this ethnic group has a significant impact on typical parish life. Using the framework of organizational ecology, I describe the Latino parish as a cultural and immigrant specialist organization distinct from the Anglo parish. As a cultural specialist, the parish provides for certain normative aspects of religious life brought from Latin America including charismatic worship practices, and to a lesser extent, the practice of popular religiosity. As immigrant specialists, Latino parishes are distinct from Anglo parishes demographically and in the types of auxiliary and social service group supported by the parish. Females, children, and adults from single-parent households comprise a greater share of regular Latino parish participants, while Anglo parishes serve a greater number of adults from intact families. Group and service provision tends to reflect an inward focus at Latino parishes, and an outward one at Anglo parishes. However, both parish types are equally likely to support social programs directed specifically at immigrants. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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