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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-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Religious life--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area.
- Immigrants.
- Religion and culture--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area.
- Religion and culture.
- Immigrants--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area--Social conditions.
- Social participation--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area.
- Social participation.
- Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.)--Religion.
- Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Immigration to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of America's history. Currently, about 40 percent of the nation's annual population growth comes from the influx of foreign-born individuals and their children. As these new voices enter America's public conversations, they bring with them a new understanding of Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity to a society that has been marked by religious variety. Sacred Assemblies and Civic Engagement takes an in-depth look at one particular urban area-the Chicago metropolitan region-and examines how religion affects the civic engagement of the nation's newest residents. Chapters focus on important religious factors, including sectarianism, moral authority, and moral projects; on several areas of social life, including economics, education, marriage, and language, where religion impacts civic engagement; and on how notions of citizenship and community are influenced by sacred assemblies.
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-267) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-15128-9
- 9786611151287
- 0-8135-4305-3
- OCLC:
- 476125062
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