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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kniss, Fred Lamar, 1956-

Contributor:

Numrich, Paul David, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social participation.

Immigrants.

Social conditions.

Religion and culture.

Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.)--Religion.

Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.).

Immigrants--Religious life--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area.

Immigrants--Religious life.

Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area.

Religion and culture--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area.

Immigrants--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area--Social conditions.

Social participation--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area.

Physical Description:

xi, 271 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2007]

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index.

ISBN:

9780813541709

0813541700

9780813541716

0813541719

OCLC:

76901787