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

Author:: Kniss, Fred Lamar, 1956-
Published:: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2007]
Copyright Date:: ©2007
Physical Description:: xi, 271 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: Numrich, Paul David, 1952-

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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.

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9780813541709 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813541700 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813541716 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813541719 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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

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