Sacred assemblies and civic engagement: how religion matters for America's newest immigrants
Introduction -- Purity and protest : sectarianism and immigrant civic engagement -- Locating the moral authority of immigrant congregations -- The moral projects of immigrant congregations -- "Making it in America" : occupational and economic adaptation in immigrant congregations -- Religi...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
New Brunswick [u.a.]
Rutgers University Press
2007
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In: | Year: 2007 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Chicago
/ Immigrants
/ Religion
/ Religious life
/ Social situation
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Further subjects: | B
Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.)
Religion
B Immigrants (Illinois) (Chicago Metropolitan Area) Social conditions B Immigrants Religious life Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area B Social Participation (Illinois) (Chicago Metropolitan Area) B Religion and culture (Illinois) (Chicago Metropolitan Area) B Immigrants (Illinois) (Chicago Metropolitan Area) Religious life B Religion and culture Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area B Social Participation Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area B Immigrants Social conditions Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area |
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Summary: | Introduction -- Purity and protest : sectarianism and immigrant civic engagement -- Locating the moral authority of immigrant congregations -- The moral projects of immigrant congregations -- "Making it in America" : occupational and economic adaptation in immigrant congregations -- Religion, education, and civic tensions in immigrant congregations -- Marriage patterns in immigrant congregations : implications for social distance and group identity -- Language in immigrant congregations : religious and civic considerations -- Individual engagement : citizenship in immigrant religions -- Organizational engagement : the ecology of immigrant congregations -- When and how religion matters for immigrant civic engagement |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 0813541719 |