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Religion and immigration : Christian, Jewish, and Muslim experiences in the United States / edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, John L. Esposito.
EBSCOhost eBook Community College Collection Available online
EBSCOhost eBook Community College Collection- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Religious life--United States--Congresses.
- United States--Religion--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Walnut Creek, California : AltaMira Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since its inception, the United States has defined itself as a nation of immigrants and a land of religious freedom.But following September 11, 2001 American openness to immigrants and openness to other beliefs have come into question.
- Contents:
- The changing contours of American religion / David J. O'Brien
- American Catholics : neither out far or in deep / Chester Gillis
- Crossing the borders : evangelicalism and immigration / Randy Balmer
- Colonization and immigration in the process of Latino identification / Anna Maria Diaz-Stevens
- Some praise Jesus and some don't : thoughts on the complex nature of African American religious identity & those who interpret it / Anthony B. Pinn
- Immigration and religion in America : the experience of Judaism / Jacob Neusner
- American Jews in the new millennium / Jonathan D. Sarna
- No matter how poor and small the building : healthcare institutions and the Jewish immigrant community / Alan M. Kraut
- Islam in America : the mosaic / Aminah McCloud
- Constructing the American Muslim community / M.A. Muqtedar Khan
- How Muslims use Islamic paradigms to define America / Ingrid Mattson
- Exploring the religious preference of recent immigrants to the United States : evidence from the new immigrant survey pilot / Guillermina Jasso, Douglas S. Massey, Mark R. Rosenzweig, and James P. Smith.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-28806-0
- 0-7591-0351-8
- 0-585-45533-3
- OCLC:
- 606931275
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