Immigrant Faiths: Transforming Religious Life in America
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Immigrant Faiths: Transforming Religious Life in America

Immigrant Faiths: Transforming Religious Life in America

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Karen I. Leonard (Contributor) Alex Stepick (Contributor) Manuel A. Vasquez (Contributor) Jennifer Holdaway (Contributor)  

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Recent immigration is changing American religion. No longer only a Protestant, Christian, or even Judeo-Christian nation, the United States is increasingly home to religious traditions from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. The history, spirit, and institutions of Protestantism often shape the beliefs and practices of new immigrants and their societies of faith. But immigrants are also creating their own unique religious communities within existing denominations or developing hybrid identities that combine strands of several faiths or traditions. These changes call for new thinking among both scholars of religion and scholars of migration. Immigrant Faiths responds to these changes with fresh thinking from new and established scholars from a variety of disciplines. Covering groups from across the U.S. and a range of religious traditions, Immigrant Faiths provides a needed overview to this expanding subfield. Sponsored by the Social Science Research Council.
Karen I. Leonard is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. Alex Stepick is professor of anthropology and sociology and the director of the Immigration and Ethnicity Institute, Florida International University in Miami. Manuel A. Vasquez is associate professor of religion, University of Florida. Jennifer Holdaway is program officer for the International Migration Program at the Social Science Research Council.
  • Contributor: Karen I. Leonard
  • Imprint: AltaMira Press,U.S.
  • ISBN13: 9780759108172
  • Number of Pages: 266
  • Packaged Dimensions: 163x230x20mm
  • Packaged Weight: 404
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: AltaMira Press,U.S.
  • Release Date: 2006-03-10
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Karen I. Leonard is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. Alex Stepick is professor of anthropology and sociology and the director of the Immigration and Ethnicity Institute, Florida International University in Miami. Manuel A. Vasquez is associate professor of religion, University of Florida. Jennifer Holdaway is program officer for the International Migration Program at the Social Science Research Council.

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