Inter-ethnic Marriage Among Catholic Americans and Changes In Religious Behavior
The religious behavior of Catholic Americans is viewed as a composite of ethnic elements, and Catholic ethnic groups are shown to have varied levels of association within the Church. From a national sample of Catholic Americans, the religious behavior of traditionally endogamous ethnic groups is com...
| Published in: | Sociological analysis |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1971
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Sociological analysis
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| Summary: | The religious behavior of Catholic Americans is viewed as a composite of ethnic elements, and Catholic ethnic groups are shown to have varied levels of association within the Church. From a national sample of Catholic Americans, the religious behavior of traditionally endogamous ethnic groups is compared with that of exogamous groups. The religious involvement of endogamous nationalities reflects the historically distinctive behavior of the Irish, the Italians, and other groups studied. The change which is associated with intermarriage, as these groups assimilate within the Church, points to decline in the religious involvement of the traditionally high Irish and French-Canadians, but shows no consistent patterns for the other groups examined. These changes indicate some dimensions of the nature of ethnic religion, and give some support to the expectation that endogamy contributes to the maintenance of distinct cultural forms and that exogamy functions to alter such forms. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3709992 |