| Religion Across Borders: Transnational Immigrant Networks Contributor(s): Chafetz, Janet Saltzman (Editor), Cook, David A. (Contribution by), Ebaugh, Helen Rose (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0759102252 ISBN-13: 9780759102255 Publisher: Altamira Press OUR PRICE: $130.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: To what country do you belong? What is your religion? The answers to these questions are becoming more complicated just as they are becoming more stressed in these times of international tension. Religion Across Borders examines new U.S. immigrant religious communities in connection with the communities they left behind. Building upon Religion and the New Immigrants -- their previous study of immigrant religious communities in Houston -- sociologists Ebaugh and Chafetz ask how new and their previously studied immigrant religious groups communicate with their homeland. They ask how remittances flow between communities, how the culture of the U.S. and sending groups affect one another, and how these relations change as the new immigrant groups become more settled. The study's unique comparative perspective allows insights into how historic, geographical, economic, and religious factors influence international ties. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 200.869 |
| LCCN: 2002005748 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.14" W x 9.2" (1.01 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The new immigrants coming to the United States and establishing ethnic congregations do not abandon religious ties in their home countries. Rather, as they communicate with family and friends left behind in their homelands, they influence religious structures and practices there. Religion Across Borders examines both personal and organizational networks that exist between members in U.S. immigrant religious communities and individuals and religious institutions left behind. Building upon Religion and the New Immigrants (2000)_their previous study of immigrant religious communities in Houston_sociologists Ebaugh and Chafetz ask how religious remittances flow between home and host communities, how these interchanges affect religious practices in both settings, and how influences change over time as new immigrants become settled. The study's unique comparative perspective looks at differing faith groups (Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist) from Argentina, Mexico, Guatamala, Vietnam and China. Data on ways in which historic, geographic, economic and religious factors influence transnational religious ties makes necessary reading for students of immigration, religion and anyone interested in the increasingly global aspects of American religion. |