Sacred assemblies and civic engagement :how religion matters for America's newest immigrants /Fred Kniss, Paul D. Numrich.

Book

Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

Description

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. xi, 271 p. :ill., map ;24 cm.

Book Details

Author

Kniss, Fred Lamar

Place Published

City

New Brunswick, N.J.

Date Published

circa 2007

Publication Subjects

Immigrants--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area--Religious life. Religion and culture--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area. Immigrants--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area--Social conditions. Social participation--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area.

Call No.

BL2527 .C482 K55 2007

ISBN

9780813541709 (hardcover : alk. paper), 0813541700 (hardcover : alk. paper), 9780813541716 (pbk. : alk. paper), 0813541719 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006039171

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-267) and index.