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