New faiths, old fears : Muslims and other Asian immigrants in American religious life /

As a result of immigration from Asia in the wake of the passage of the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act, the fastest-growing religions in America -- faster than all Christian groups combined -- are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. Now a leading scholar asks how these new faiths have changed o...

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主要作者: Lawrence, Bruce B.
格式: Licensed eBooks
语言:英语
出版: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2002.
丛编:American lectures on the history of religions (American Academy of Religion) ; new ser., no. 17.
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书本目录:
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. American Religion as Commodity Culture
  • 2. Civil Society and Immigrants
  • 3. New Immigrants as Pariahs
  • 4. Religious Options for Urban Immigrants
  • 5. Reimagining Religious Pluralism
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index