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Sacred assemblies and civic engagement : how religion matters for America's newest immigrants
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Sacred assemblies and civic engagement : how religion matters for America's newest immigrants / Fred Kniss, Paul D. Numrich.
ISBN
9780813541709 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813541700 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813541716 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813541719 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2007.
Physical Description
xi, 271 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 18, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-267) and index.
Contents
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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