| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 271 pages) : illustrations, map |
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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 |
| 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 metropolita |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Immigrants -- Religious life -- Illinois -- Chicago
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Religion and culture -- Illinois -- Chicago
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Immigrants -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions
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Social participation -- Illinois -- Chicago
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RELIGION -- Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.
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RELIGION -- General.
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Immigrants -- Religious life
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Immigrants -- Social conditions
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Religion
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Religion and culture
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Social participation
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Religiöses Leben
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Soziale Situation
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Einwanderer
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Religion
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| SUBJECT |
Chicago (Ill.) -- Religion
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Illinois -- Chicago
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Chicago, Ill.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Numrich, Paul David, 1952-
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| ISBN |
9780813543055 |
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0813543053 |
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0813541700 |
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9780813541709 |
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