Sacred assemblies and civic engagement [electronic resource] : how religion matters for America's newest immigrants / Fred Kniss, Paul D. Numrich.
By: Kniss, Fred Lamar.
Contributor(s): Numrich, Paul David | ebrary, Inc.
Material type: BookPublisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2007Description: xi, 271 p. : ill., map.Subject(s): Immigrants -- Religious life -- Illinois -- Chicago Metropolitan Area | Religion and culture -- Illinois -- Chicago Metropolitan Area | Immigrants -- Illinois -- Chicago Metropolitan Area -- Social conditions | Social participation -- Illinois -- Chicago Metropolitan Area | Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.) -- ReligionGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 200.86/9120977311 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to viewItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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E-book | IUKL Library | Subscripti | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10206181 | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-267) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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