Religion and the New Immigrants
Continuities and Adaptations in Immigrant Congregations
1st Edition
Published on 18. October 2000
1 pages
979-8-216-21260-7 (ISBN)
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New immigrants-those arriving since the Immigration Reform Act of 1965-have forever altered American culture and have been profoundly altered in turn. Although the religious congregations they form are often a nexus of their negotiation between the old and new, they have received little scholarly attention. Religion and the New Immigrants fills this gap. Growing out of the carefully designed Religion, Ethnicity and the New Immigration Research project, Religion and the New Immigrants combines in-depth studies of thirteen congregations in the Houston area with seven thematic essays looking across their diversity. The congregations range from Vietnamese Buddhist to Greek Orthodox, a Zoroastrian center to a multi-ethnic Assembly of God, presenting an astonishing array of ethnicity and religious practice. Common research questions and the common location of the congregations give the volume a unique comparative focus. Religion and the New Immigrants is an essential reference for scholars of immigration, ethnicity, and American religion.
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Continuities and Adaptations in Immigrant Congregations
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Helen Rose Ebaugh, Sociology Professor, University of Houston, received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1975 with specialties in organizational sociology and the sociology of religion. In addition to four books, she has published numerous articles in scholarly journals. She has been a faculty member at the University of Houston since 1973 and routinely teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in sociological theory, the sociology of religion and world religions. Janet Saltzman Chafetz, Professor of Sociology, has been at the University of Houston since 1971. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin, in 1969. Her most recent publications include an edited Handbook on the Sociology of Gender (1999), a review of feminist theories in Annual Review of Sociology (1997), and a paper on feminist theory and social change in Current Perspectives in Social Theory (1999). A life-long interest in immigrants, occasioned by the fact that all of her grandparents immigrated to the U.S., has finally found professional expression through joining Professor Ebaugh on this project.
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Hispanic and Asian Immigration Waves in Houston
Chapter 3 Center for Vietnamese Buddhism: Recreating Home
Chapter 4 Hsai-Nan Temple: Seeking to Americanize
Chapter 5 Chinese Gospel Church: The Sinicization of Christianity
Chapter 6 Houston Korean Ethnic Church: An Ethnic Enclave
Chapter 7 St. Mary's Catholic Church: Celebrating Domestic Religion
Chapter 8 Iglesia de Dios: An Extended Family
Chapter 9 St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church: Maturing through the Generations
Chapter 10 Iglesia Christiana Evangelelica: Arriving in the Pipeline
Chapter 11 Al-Noor Mosque: Strength Through Unity
Chapter 12 Jyonthi Hindu Temple: One Religion, Many Practices
Chapter 13 The Zoroastrian Center: An Ancient Faith in Diaspora
Chapter 14 St. Catherine's Catholic Church: One Church, Parallel Congregations
Chapter 15 Southwest Assembly of God: Whomsoever Will
Chapter 16 Environmental Impacts: Opportunities and Constraints
Chapter 17 Structural Adaptations to the Immigrant Context
Chapter 18 Providing for the Needy: Social Services and Immigrant Adaptation
Chapter 19 Reproducing Ethnicity
Chapter 20 Language: Cause for Unity and Conflict
Chapter 21 Passing it On: The Second Generation
Chapter 22 Is the Past Prologue to the Future
Chapter 23 Bibliography
Chapter 24 Index
Chapter 25 About the Contributors
Chapter 2 Hispanic and Asian Immigration Waves in Houston
Chapter 3 Center for Vietnamese Buddhism: Recreating Home
Chapter 4 Hsai-Nan Temple: Seeking to Americanize
Chapter 5 Chinese Gospel Church: The Sinicization of Christianity
Chapter 6 Houston Korean Ethnic Church: An Ethnic Enclave
Chapter 7 St. Mary's Catholic Church: Celebrating Domestic Religion
Chapter 8 Iglesia de Dios: An Extended Family
Chapter 9 St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church: Maturing through the Generations
Chapter 10 Iglesia Christiana Evangelelica: Arriving in the Pipeline
Chapter 11 Al-Noor Mosque: Strength Through Unity
Chapter 12 Jyonthi Hindu Temple: One Religion, Many Practices
Chapter 13 The Zoroastrian Center: An Ancient Faith in Diaspora
Chapter 14 St. Catherine's Catholic Church: One Church, Parallel Congregations
Chapter 15 Southwest Assembly of God: Whomsoever Will
Chapter 16 Environmental Impacts: Opportunities and Constraints
Chapter 17 Structural Adaptations to the Immigrant Context
Chapter 18 Providing for the Needy: Social Services and Immigrant Adaptation
Chapter 19 Reproducing Ethnicity
Chapter 20 Language: Cause for Unity and Conflict
Chapter 21 Passing it On: The Second Generation
Chapter 22 Is the Past Prologue to the Future
Chapter 23 Bibliography
Chapter 24 Index
Chapter 25 About the Contributors
