New faiths, old fears : Muslims and other Asian immigrants in American religious life / Bruce B. Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, Bruce B.

Series:

American lectures on the history of religions (American Academy of Religion) ; new ser., no. 17.

American lecturers on the history of religion ; new ser., no. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Religious life.

History.

Immigrants.

Asians.

Religion.

United States--Religion--1945-.

United States.

Asians--United States--Religion.

Immigrants--Religious life--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xvi, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2002]

Summary:

As a result of immigration from Asia in the wake of the passage of the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act, the fastest-growing religions in America -- faster than all Christian groups combined -- are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. Now a leading scholar asks how these new faiths have changed or have been changed by the pluralist face of American civil society and by the deep-rooted American ambivalence toward foreign traditions.

Contents:

Chapter 1. American Religion as Commodity Culture 23

Chapter 2. Civil Society and Immigrants 47

Chapter 3. New Immigrants as Pariahs 69

Chapter 4. Religious Options for Urban Immigrants 87

Chapter 5. Reimagining Religious Pluralism 105.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-186) and index.

ISBN:

0231115202

OCLC:

50022714