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Sacred assemblies and civic engagement : how religion matters for America's newest immigrants /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kniss, Fred Lamar, 1956-
Other Authors: Numrich, Paul David, 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.) > Religion.
Social participation > Illinois > Chicago Metropolitan Area.
Immigrants > Illinois > Chicago Metropolitan Area > Social conditions.
Religion and culture > Illinois > Chicago Metropolitan Area.
Immigrants > Illinois > Chicago Metropolitan Area > Religious life.
Electronic books.
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Table of 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.