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Religion and immigration : Christian, Jewish, and Muslim experiences in the United States / edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, John L. Esposito.

Contributor(s): Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, 1935- | Smith, Jane I | Esposito, John L
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Walnut Creek, Calif. : AltaMira Press, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: vii, 296 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0759103526 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780759103528 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Immigrants -- Religious life -- United States -- Congresses | United States -- Religion -- CongressesDDC classification: 305.6/0973 LOC classification: BL2525 | .R456 2003Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The changing contours of American religion / David J. O'Brien -- American Catholics : neither out far or in deep / Chester Gillis -- Crossing the borders : evangelicalism and migration / Randall Balmer -- Colonization versus immigration in the integration and identification of Hispanics in the United States / Anna Maria Diaz-Stevens -- Some praise Jesus and some don't : thoughts on the complex nature of African American religious identity and those who interpret it / Anthony B. Pinn -- Immigration and religion in America : the experience of Judaism / Jacob Neusner -- American Jews in the new millennium / Jonathan D. Sarna -- No matter how poor and small the building : health care institutions and the Jewish immigrant community / Alan M. Kraut -- Islam in America : the mosaic / Aminah McCloud -- Constructing the American Muslim community / M.A. Muqtedar Khan -- How Muslims use Islamic paradigms to define America / Ingrid Mattson -- Exploring the religious preference of recent immigrants to the United States : evidence from the new immigrant survey pilot / Guillermina Jasso, Douglas S. Massey, Mark R. Rosenzweig, James P. Smith.

"For the most part, the chapters represent the contributions of the authors to a conference entitled 'Becoming American : Immigration and Religious Life in the United States' sponsored by the Center for Muslim Chrisitan Understanding at Georgetown University May 11-12, 2000." -- vii

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The changing contours of American religion / David J. O'Brien -- American Catholics : neither out far or in deep / Chester Gillis -- Crossing the borders : evangelicalism and migration / Randall Balmer -- Colonization versus immigration in the integration and identification of Hispanics in the United States / Anna Maria Diaz-Stevens -- Some praise Jesus and some don't : thoughts on the complex nature of African American religious identity and those who interpret it / Anthony B. Pinn -- Immigration and religion in America : the experience of Judaism / Jacob Neusner -- American Jews in the new millennium / Jonathan D. Sarna -- No matter how poor and small the building : health care institutions and the Jewish immigrant community / Alan M. Kraut -- Islam in America : the mosaic / Aminah McCloud -- Constructing the American Muslim community / M.A. Muqtedar Khan -- How Muslims use Islamic paradigms to define America / Ingrid Mattson -- Exploring the religious preference of recent immigrants to the United States : evidence from the new immigrant survey pilot / Guillermina Jasso, Douglas S. Massey, Mark R. Rosenzweig, James P. Smith.

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